PHOTOS: Coast Guard marine inspectors stay busy during winter

Chief Warrant Officers Gregory Miller, Michael Mitchell and Lt. Ryan Junod, all Coast Guard marine inspectors at Marine Safety Unit Toledo, Ohio, scan the stern and anchor system of the motor vessel American Spirit Feb. 18, 2015.

The marine inspectors walked and crawled through several moored vessels and examined ongoing maintenance of several lakers in Toledo.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read

Chief Warrant Officer Michael Mitchell waits on one side of a bulkhead to help Lt. Ryan Junod through an opening during a routine walk through aboard the motor vessel American Mariner while the ship is moored in Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 18, 2015.

Mitchell and Junod are Coast Guard marine inspectors from Marine Safety Unit Toledo.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read

Chief Warrant Officer Michael Mitchell, a Coast Guard marine inspector at Marine Safety Unit Toledo, Ohio, walks through a void space aboard the motor vessel American Mariner while it is moored in Toledo as it undergoes a maintenance period Feb. 18, 2015.

Mitchell and two other marine inspectors walked and crawled through several moored vessels and examined ongoing maintenance of several lakers in Toledo.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read

Chief Warrant Officer Gregory Miller and Lt. Ryan Junod, both Coast Guard marine inspectors at Marine Safety Unit Toledo, Ohio, walk the length of the motor vessel American Mariner during a routine walk through of several vessels that are moored in Toledo for maintenance Feb. 18, 2015.

The marine inspectors walked and crawled through several moored vessels and examined ongoing maintenance of several lakers in Toledo.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read

Chief Warrant Officer Michael Mitchell and Lt. Ryan Junod, both Coast Guard marine inspectors at Marine Safety Unit Toledo, Ohio, stand in the steam-powered generator of the motor vessel Philip R. Clark while the ship is moored in Toledo Feb. 18, 2015.

Mitchell and Junod, along with another marine inspector, walked and crawled through several moored vessels and examined ongoing maintenance of several lakers in Toledo.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read

Chief Warrant Officer Michael Mitchell, a Coast Guard marine inspector at Marine Safety Unit Toledo, Ohio, shines a light on a placard Feb. 18, 2015, showing the date of the original Coast Guard inspection of the motor vessel Philip R. Clark, which was commissioned in 1952.

Mitchell along with two other marine inspectors walked and crawled through several moored vessels and examined ongoing maintenance of several lakers in Toledo.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read

Lt. Ryan Junod and Chief Warrant Officer Gregory Miller, both Coast Guard marine inspectors at Marine Safety Unit Toledo, Ohio, kneel under the keel of the motor vessel Sam Laud while it is in drydock in Toledo Feb. 18, 2015.

The marine inspectors walked and crawled through several moored vessels and examined ongoing maintenance of several lakers in Toledo.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read

Chief Warrant Officers Gregory Miller and Michael Mitchell, and Lt. Ryan Junod, all Coast Guard marine inspectors at Marine Safety Unit Toledo, Ohio, walk down to the motor vessel Sam Laud to examine the ongoing maintenance being done while in drydock in Toledo Feb. 18, 2015.

The marine inspectors walked and crawled through several moored vessels and examined ongoing maintenance of several lakers in Toledo.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read