Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Trevor Lilburn | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 12.07.2018
A collage of pictures depicting the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast and her crew over the last 50 years surround a cake and officer sword on display during a celebration at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Ore., Dec. 7, 2018. Throughout the Caribbean during the 1970s crew members aboard the Steadfast seized more than 110 tons of narcotics bound for U.S. shores and Colombian drug......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 04.20.2018
Family members of the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast's crew file aboard the cutter after it returned to homeport at the 17th Street Pier in Astoria, Ore., April 20, 2018. While patrolling international waters off the coast of Mexico and Central America, Steadfast’s law enforcement boarding teams intercepted and stopped eight separate vessels suspected of smuggling leading to the seizure of......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 04.20.2018
Petty Officer 1st Class Marco Sanchez, a culinary specialist aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, is greeted by his family upon returning to homeport at the 17th Street Pier in Astoria, Ore., April 20, 2018. Steadfast’s crew sailed over 13,000 nautical miles during their patrol enforcing maritime safety and security in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 04.17.2018
Rear Adm. David Throop, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, speaks during a presentation ceremony at the Columbia River Maritime Museum, April 17, 2018. A decommissioned propeller off the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell was presented to the Columbia River Maritime Museum whose mission is to collect, preserve, interpret and display the maritime heritage and history of the Columbia River and......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 04.17.2018
A decommissioned propeller off the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell, a 100-foot inland river buoy tender homeported at Swan Island in Portland, Ore., is displayed at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Ore., April 17, 2018. The Columbia River Maritime Museum’s mission is to collect, preserve, interpret and display the maritime heritage and history of the Columbia River and......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 04.17.2018
Sam Johnson and Bruce Jones, executive and deputy directors of the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Ore., kneel with Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Boss, commanding officer Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell, and Rear Adm. David Throop, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, behind a decommissioned propeller off the cutter Bluebell, April 17, 2018. The Bluebell commissioned, April 4,......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 03.02.2018
The mini-boat Pacific Lotus begins its hopeful journey across the Pacific Ocean after being launched by a small-boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast off the coast of Baja, Mexico, March, 2, 2018. Five schools from Oregon and five schools from Hachinohe, Japan are participating in a science project that will help the students better understand the ocean, currents, wind and the......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 03.02.2018
A small-boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast launches off the starboard side of the cutter during a deployment off the coast of Baja, Mexico, March 2, 2018. The boat crew launched a 5.5 foot long self righting fiberglass boat named the Pacific Lotus built by middle schoolers from Cedar Park Middle School in Beaverton, Ore., which the middle schoolers will track using built in......
