Coast Guard completes 5-hr tow of fishing vessel offshore Yachats, Ore

Coast Guard completes 5-hr tow of fishing vessel offshore Yachats, Ore
Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat Victory file photo by PA3 Kurt Fredrickson SEATTLE – A Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew towed a disabled 52-foot commercial fishing vessel Tuesday night across the Yaquina Bay Bar approximately 2.5 miles northwest of Yachats, Oregon. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend received a report at 12:57 p.m. Tuesday that the fishing vessel Pacific Cloud with...

U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard vessels open for tour in Seattle Sunday

U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard vessels open for tour in Seattle Sunday
A crew member aboard the 52-foot Motor Life Boat Victory launches a training dummy into the water during a man overboard exercise in Yaquina Bay, Ore., April 9, 2019. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Trevor Lilburn. SEATTLE – The U.S. Coast Guard 52-foot Motor Lifeboat Victory and a Canadian 62-foot Bay Class vessel will be at the Bell Harbor Marina, pier slips 12 and 14 in Seattle...

Coast Guard to investigate capsizing on Yaquina Bay Bar

Coast Guard to investigate capsizing on Yaquina Bay Bar
Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat Victory file photo by PA3 Kurt Fredrickson SEATTLE — The Coast Guard is investigating the capsizing of the commercial fishing vessel Mary B II, which lead to the deaths of three fishermen at the entrance of Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon, Tuesday night. The three fishermen were inbound the Yaquina Bay Bar aboard the 42-foot vessel Mary B II when it capsized without warning...

Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay has busy weekend highlighted by 2 long-distance tows

Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay has busy weekend highlighted by 2 long-distance tows
CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT, Wash. – The Coast Guard 52-foot motor lifeboat Victory on patrol passes the Cape Disappointment lighthouse Feb. 13, 2003. USCG photo by PA3 Kurt Fredrickson NEWPORT, Ore. — Operating a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat and the 52-foot Motor Lifeboat Victory, the crew of Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay and the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Blue Shark totaled  40 hours of underway...