Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel 75 miles off WA coast

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 helicopter file photo
SEATTLE – A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a man Monday morning experiencing severe leg pain aboard a fishing vessel 75 miles off the Washington coast.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River command center received a call from an off-duty Coast Guard officer aboard the vessel at 8:40 a.m., stating a 59-year-old male aboard was...
Coast Guard, locals rescue 3 boaters in Columbia River

US Coast Guard 29-Foot Response Boat-Small file photo
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard and Multnomah County Fire Department rescued three people from two different boats Monday near Rooster Rock in the Columbia River.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Portland received a report at 6 p.m. from a person requesting assistance aboard an anchored and disabled 17-foot pleasure craft.
Commercial assistance...
Coast Guard rescues surfer and assists 3 others from Cape Falcon, Ore.

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 helicopter file photo
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard aircrew hoisted a surfer in distress and assisted three others Saturday afternoon from rocks at Cape Falcon near Manzanita, Oregon.
At 5:15 p.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River Command Center received a request for assistance from Tillamook County dispatch reporting a male surfer who was...
Coast Guard searching after fishing vessel floods 85 miles off Cape Flattery, WA

Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27J Spartan file photo by Lt. Scott Handlin
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued one fisherman from a lifeboat early Tuesday morning after a 66-foot commercial fishing boat began to take on water about 85 miles offshore of Cape Flattery with three people aboard.
Watchstanders at multiple Coast Guard units received a VHF radio hail for help at about 2 a.m. from a...
Coast Guard rescues injured fisherman 150 miles offshore Yaquina Bay, OR

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoists an injured fisherman from a commercial fishing boat operating about 150 miles offshore from Yaquina Bay, Oregon, Aug. 4, 2020. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard medevaced an injured fisherman Tuesday from a 63-foot commercial fishing boat operating about 150 miles offshore from Yaquina Bay, Oregon.
Rescued was Nathanial Miller, 24.
Watchstanders...
Coast Guard rescues 2 teens near Fort Stevens, Oregon

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 helicopter file photoSEATTLE — A Coast Guard aircrew hoisted two female teenagers Wednesday afternoon near Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, Oregon.
At 5 p.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River Command Center received a request for assistance from Astoria dispatch reporting a 14-year-old and 18-year-old female stranded on rocks in a lagoon.
They...
Coast Guard helicopter crew hoists 2 from coast of Pacific City, OR

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo
WARRENTON, Ore. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted one person from the water and one person from a sandbar Wednesday after their boat capsized in the surf near the entrance to Nestucca Bay.
A Tillamook County dispatcher contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River at 10:53 a.m. to relay that two people were...
Coast Guard rescues two kayakers off Oregon coast

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 helicopter file photo
WARRENTON, Ore. — A Coast Guard aircrew rescued two kayakers in distress in the vicinity of Haystack Rock Saturday afternoon near Pacific City.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River hoisted the kayakers and transported them to the helicopter pad at Pacific City Airport, where they were met by awaiting...