Coast Guard boat crew medevacs beach goer near Kelly Point Park in Portland

Coast Guard boat crew medevacs beach goer near Kelly Point Park in Portland
US Coast Guard 29-Foot Response Boat-Small file photo PORTLAND, Ore. – A Coast Guard boat crew medically evacuated a man reportedly suffering from symptoms of heat stroke on the beach near Kelly Point, in Portland, Sunday evening. A Coast Guard Station Portland boat crew aboard a 29-foot Response Boat-small II located the individual and transported him to Cathedral Park, where Emergency Medical...

Coast Guard Honors Tugboat Crew

SEATTLE – The crew of the Tidewater Tug Invader was honored by the Coast Guard at the Tidewater Tug and Barge Lines office in Vancouver, Wash., Tuesday. The crew, including the tug’s master Jeff Baeker, pilot Joe Daley, deck mechanics Mike Tuthill and John Hill and Army Corps of Engineers Biologist Connie Grantwere were cited for their assistance with the rescue of the sternwheeler Portland...

Security zone established for Rose Fest fleet visit

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Coast Guard will enforce and maintain a controlled access area on the Willamette River while Navy and Coast Guard vessels are tied up at the seawall between the Steel and Morrison Bridges throughout the fleet’s visit June 4-9. Boaters who need to pass through the controlled access area must contact the Coast Guard security escort vessel on VHF-FM channel 16. Commercial...