ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard crews rescue two boaters from their boat after it capsized Wednesday night off the coast of Nesika Beach, Southwest Oregon. June 7, 2023. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received notification around 7:30 p.m. from the wife of the captain of a 26-foot commercial fishing vessel stating that her Leer másCoast Guard rescue 2 boaters from off Nesika Beach, Oregon[…]
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero. U.S. Coast Guard District 13 PADET. Not everyone can say they got the chance to perform a daring rescue because they won a game of rock, paper, scissors. The USCG Rescue Swimmer John “Branch” Walton can because is the saver from the man of massive wave that Leer másThe big wave and the yacht: USCG Rescue Swimmer John «Branch»[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. – A Coast Guard Air Facility Newport MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescue 3 surfers in distress Sunday near Agate Beach. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend received a report just before 2 p.m. Sunday of two male surfers in distress who were being pushed up against rocks near Agate Beach. Watchstanders diverted a Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 aircrew rescue 3 surfers near Agate Beach[…]
Astoria, Oregon. Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 – The Coast Guard rescue a mariner in distress for the waves approximately 6 miles west of the Columbia River mouth Friday, Feb. 3. Multiple units responded and saved the mariner as the disabled 35-foot vessel Sand Piper was capsized by a breaking wave. At 10 a.m., Sector Columbia River watchstanders received Leer másCoast Guard rescue mariner from waves near Columbia River[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. — A Coast Guard Sector North Bend MH-65 Dolphin aircrew rescue (medevac) an injured woman Wednesday near Face Rock Scenic Viewpoint in Bandon, Oregon. The U.S. Coast Guard watchstanders received an agency assist request from Coos County Fire Dispatch at 2:06 p.m. of an injured 62-year-old woman who had reportedly fallen off of Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 aircrew rescue injured woman in Bandon, OR[…]
NORTH BEND, Oregon.— A Coast Guard Sector North Bend MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew assisted the Lane County Sheriff’s Department in locating and rescue two 19-year-old hikers males reported missing after hiking near Swastika Mountain about 32 miles east southeast of Eugene, Oregon, Saturday.. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector North Bend command center Leer másCoast Guard helicopter crew rescue 2 missing hikers near Eugene, Oregon[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. — Two Coast Guardsmen Sector North Bend were recently recognized with high honors for heroic actions taken in 2021 to save lives while serving along Oregon’s coast. Petty Officer 1st Class Trevor Salt, an aviation survival technician at Coast Guard Sector North Bend, received the 2021 Angels of the Battlefield Award from the Leer másTwo Oregon-based Coast Guardsmen receive high honors for heroism[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescue five people from a life raft late Monday after a fishing boat sank approximately 20 nautical miles offshore from the mouth of the Umpqua River. The captain aboard the 67-foot fishing vessel Desire, homeported in Neah Bay, Washington, used a VHF-FM marine-band radio to hail Coast Guard Sector Leer másCoast Guard rescue five people 20 nm of Umpqua River[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard rescue 12 people and three dogs Friday from a flooding recreational vehicle park along Neskowin Creek in Tillamook County. A Tillamook County dispatcher contacted Coast Guard watchstanders Friday morning to request Coast Guard air assistance to evacuate individuals from the RV park due to rising waters and a threat Leer másCoast Guard helicopter aircrews rescue 12 people and 3 dogs[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. – A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter aircrew medevac a man Monday afternoon from a 40-foot commercial fishing vessel after suffering a medical emergency 5 nautical miles west of Newport. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend command center received a call from the vessel operator at 1:15 p.m., who reported that Leer másCoast Guard medevac man from fishing vessel near Newport, Oregon[…]
