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 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 suspends search for missing teen near Long Beach, WA
Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter file photo
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard suspended the search Monday evening for a 14-year-old boy reportedly swept offshore while swimming near Long Beach, Washington.
The teenager was reported to be missing by his friend who confirmed he was wearing a red swimmers cap, gray T-shirt and black swim shorts.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River...
Coast Guard completes 3 rescues during busy crab season opener
Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment 47-foot Motor Lifeboat file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.
ASTORIA, Ore. — Rescue crews from Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment responded to three distress calls during the season opener of the Washington State commercial crab season this past Saturday.
The station, located in Ilwaco, Wash., is at the mouth of the Columbia River near several...
Breaking waves: Coast Guard surfmen drive to close gender gap
Petty Officer 1st Class Victoria Hansen (right), Surfman #484 and an instructor at the National Motor Life Boat School in Ilwaco, Washington, operates a 47-foot Motor Life Boat in 2019 while training at Benson Beach near Cape Disappointment. U.S. Coast Guard photo provided by Petty Officer 1st Class Victoria Hansen.
By Petty Officer Cynthia Oldham
While for decades the Coast Guard has permitted women...
Coast Guard rescues fisherman as vessel sinks near Columbia River entrance
A 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from U.S. Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment traversing the bar at the mouth of the Columbia River (U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley)
CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT, Wash. — The Coast Guard rescued a fisherman from the water Tuesday morning after his vessel began taking on water and sank near the Cape Disappointment bar.
At 1:30 a.m., watchstanders...
Cape Disappointment State Park remind public that Coast Guard property is off limits
A 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from U.S. Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment in Ilwaco, Wash., passes beneath the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse while traversing the bar at the mouth of the Columbia River. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley)
ASTORIA, Ore. — Coast Guard and Cape Disappointment State Park officials would like to remind park visitors that the Coast Guard...
Coast Guard rescues 2 people, 1 dog from vessel off Oregon coast
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 helicopter file photo
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard aircrew hoisted two people and their dog early Saturday morning from their boat several miles off the coast of northwest Oregon.
On Friday at 2:30 p.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River Command Center received notification that a 56-year-old female and a 55-year-old male aboard a 44-foot recreational...
Memorial service to be held for lost Oregon, Washington Coast Guardsmen
Members of Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment prepare for a 21-gun salute during the memorial ceremony in 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg)
WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard is scheduled to host a memorial service Saturday at 10 a.m., at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Ilwaco, Washington, in tribute to Coast Guardsmen and mariners who...
