Coast Guard rescues person found stranded on channel marker
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 helicopter file photo
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued one person found stranded on a channel marker and recovered an unresponsive person from the water after a vessel capsized Sunday on the Columbia River near Astoria.
At 2:25 p.m., a caller, who witnessed from shore, notified Coast Guard Sector Columbia River watchstanders that a boat reportedly capsized...
Coast Guard to participate in Portland Rose Festival
Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer Shawn Eggert
PORTLAND, Ore. – Coast Guard crews are scheduled to participate in multiple events throughout the Portland area for the annual Portland Rose Festival from June 7-11.
On Thursday, June 8, the crews of Coast Guard Cutters Elm, a seagoing buoy tender based out of Astoria, Bluebell, a river buoy tender based out of Portland, Orcas, an Island-class...
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River holds change of command
Capt. Justin Noggle, the commander of Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, shakes hands with Capt. Scott Jackson, the commanding officer for Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, during a change of command ceremony for Coast Guard Sector Columbia River at the sector in Portland, Oregon, May 18, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Magee)
PORTLAND, Ore. — Coast Guard Sector Columbia...
Coast Guard suspends search for person in Willapa Bay
A boatcrew aboard a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat from Station Grays Harbor file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark
SEATTLE – The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies suspended search efforts at 5:30 p.m. Monday evening for a missing man in Willapa Bay, Washington.
Rescue crews completed 18 different search patterns, covering 290 sq. miles during over 15-hours of searching.
“Suspending search...
Coast Guard searching for man near Willapa Bay entrance
Coast Guard Air Station Astoria MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo
ASTORIA Ore. – The Coast Guard and other agencies are searching for a missing man who was aboard a vessel in distress Sunday off the coast of Washington near the Willapa Bay entrance.
Watchstanders at the Thirteenth Coast Guard District in Seattle received an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon transmission Sunday at approximately...
Coast Guard rescues mariner as wave capsizes vessel
Coast Guard crews conduct multi-unit response to rescue a mariner after a wave capsizes the 32-foot disabled motor vessel Sand Piper near Astoria, OR, Friday, Feb. 3. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Clark)
Astoria, Ore. – The Coast Guard rescued a mariner in distress approximately 6 miles west of the Columbia River mouth Friday, Feb. 3. Multiple units responded and saved...
Coast Guard rescues man from boat near Cloverdale, OR
Coast Guard Air Station Astoria MH-60 helicopter file photo
Astoria Ore. – The Coast Guard rescued a man Wednesday, who was reportedly experiencing a medical emergency aboard a boat near Cloverdale.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a report at approximately 2 p.m. of a 56-year-old man who was fainting aboard a 16-foot aluminum boat adrift in the Nestucca River.
Watchstanders...
Royal Canadian Air Force crew visits Coast Guard Air Station Astoria
A Royal Canadian Air Force CH-149 Cormorant helicopter crew member from 442 Transport and rescue squadron from 19 Wing Comox in British Columbia, Canada, speaks with a U.S. Coast Guard member at Air Station Astoria in Warrenton, Oregon, Dec. 7, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Magee)
ASTORIA, Ore. —A Royal Canadian Air Force Aircrew visited Coast Guard Air Station Astoria...
Coast Guard to participate in Seattle Fleet Week and Seafair events
A rescue basket is dropped from a Coast Guard MH-65E Dolphin helicopter to the deck of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium while conducting a search and rescue demonstration in Elliott Bay near Seattle, Washington, Aug. 5, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Steve Strohmaier)
SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews are scheduled to participate in multiple events throughout the Seattle area for the...
