Coast Guard honors Silver Lifesaving Medal recipient at memorial service in Astoria
Lt. Jessica Shafer, commander of Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, and Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Condit, branch chief of MobileTraining Unit at Training Center Cape May, N.J., cradle the American flag and Gordon Huggins’ remains during a memorial service at Barbey Maritime Center in Astoria, Ore., March 30, 2019.
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rendered military honors during a memorial service for...
Coast Guard assists 17 fishermen off Pacific Northwest Coast since Sunday
A boat crew aboard the 52-Foot Motor Life Boat Victory from Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay tows the 42-foot commercial fishing vessel Triggerfish into Newport, Ore., Jan. 24, 2019. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Tom Molloy.
SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews along the Oregon and Washington coasts assisted 17 fisherman in five responses since Sunday.
Response efforts included crews from...
Coast Guard commissions Fast Response Cutter John McCormick in Ketchikan, Alaska
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick stands proud facing the crowd of the commissioning ceremony while they “bring the cutter to life” at Coast Guard Base Ketchikan, Alaska, April 12, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios.
KETCHIKAN, Alaska – The Coast Guard commissioned the fast response cutter John McCormick during a ceremony in Ketchikan,...
Coast Guard to commission Alaska’s first Fast Response Cutter in Ketchikan, April 12
The Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick and crew make way to their home port at Coast Guard Base Ketchikan in Ketchikan, Alaska, March 21, 2017. . U.S. Coast Guard photo.
JUNEAU, Alaska – The commissioning of the Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick (WPC 1121), the 17th District’s first 154-foot Fast Response Cutter, will be held in Ketchikan Apr. 12, 2017.
The Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick is the...
Coast Guard accepts delivery of Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick
Sister Ship of the JOHN MCCORMICK, USCGC MARGARET NORVELL operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Key West, FL – The Coast Guard accepted delivery of the Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick , in Key West, Florida on Tuesday. The cutter is the 21st fast response cutter (FRC) delivered to the service.
The cutter will be the first FRC stationed in Ketchikan, Alaska. It was the third consecutive FRC delivered...
Coast Guard honors crews of Triumph, Mermaid during memorial ceremony
ILWACO, Wash. — The Coast Guard honored the crews of the 52-foot motor lifeboat Triumph and the 38-foot fishing vessel Mermaid during a memorial service at Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment in Ilwaco, Saturday.
Five Coast Guard members and the two-man crew of the Mermaid were lost when severe weather sank both vessels, Jan. 12, 1961.
“This means a lot to a lot of us who were stationed...
