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Vessels Take Refuge In Key West as Hurricane Matthew Approaches Florida

U.S. Coast Guard cutters from Miami, Jacksonville and as far north as Wilmington, N.C., as well as nine ships from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and research vessel Walton Smith have taken  refuge  in Key West as hurricane Matthew closes in on mainland. 

At least six Coast Guard cutters were moored at the U.S. Coast Guard Sector in Key West on Wednesday. 

On the other side of the island, nine ships from the Bahamas Defence Force, as well as a research vessel and a contract ship, took refuge at Naval Air Station Key West's Mole Pier.

Since Key West is not currently in Hurricane Matthew's projected path, the Naval Air Station and the U.S. Coast Guard bases in the island have offered support to other services in the area. 

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