Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 03.02.2018
A small-boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast prepares to launch the mini-boat Pacific Lotus off the coast of Baja, Mexico, March 2, 2018, as part of an international science project involving students from various schools in Oregon and Japan. The mini-boat Pacific Lotus is one of 6 mini-boats launched off at various points along the western shore of North America that have......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 02.11.2018
Cmdr. Tobias Reid, commanding officer, and Chief Petty Officer Adam Greenwald, a culinary specialist, both from the Coast Guard Cutter Alert, homeported in Astoria, Ore., launch the mini-boat Boat-A-Lahti off the coast of San Diego, Feb. 11, 2018. The mini-boat Boat-A-Lahti was built by 3rd graders from Hilda Lahti Elementary School, in Knappa, Ore., and is one of 10 mini-boats that are......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 02.07.2018
Lt. j.g. Hanna Jansson, an officer-of-the-day aboard Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, a 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter homeported in Astoria, Ore., looks at the mini-boat Pacific Lotus, after the Steadfast crew was presented the boat by middle schoolers from Cedar Park Middle School in Beaverton, Ore., during a tour of the cutter, Feb. 7, 2018. The mini-boat will be launched during the......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 02.07.2018
Lt. j.g. Hanna Jansson, an officer-of-the-day, aboard Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, speaks to a group of middle schoolers from Cedar Park Middle School in Beaverton, Ore., during a tour of the cutter homeported in Astoria Ore., Feb. 7, 2018. The middle schoolers presented a mini-boat to the crew of the Steadfast at the end of the tour, that the crew will deploy during its next......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 02.07.2018
Lt. j.g. Jordan Converse, from the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, helps middle schoolers from Cedar Park Middle School in Beaverton, Ore., during a firefighting demonstration during a tour aboard the Steadfast in Astoria, Ore., Feb. 7, 2018. The students toured the cutter, learned about Coast Guard missions, participated in firefighting demonstrations and talked with crewmembers. U.S.......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 02.07.2018
Cmdr. Alain Balmaceda, commanding officer, and Lt. James Heuser, operations officer, both of the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast are presented a mini-boat aboard the Steadfast in Astoria, Ore., Feb. 7, 2018. The mini-boat built and created by middle school students from Cedar Park Middle School in Beaverton, Ore., as part of a international science project involving multiple schools from......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 02.21.2013
Nathan Hoikka, Mikie Bussard, Katie Patterson and Josh Fulton, sixth grade students from Hilda Lahti Elementary School in Knappa, Ore., take turns throwing heaving lines near Coast Guard Cutter Fir at Base Tongue Point in Astoria, Ore., Feb. 21, 2013. Students toured Cutter Fir and, with the help of the vessel's crew, experienced unique challenges that come with working and living aboard the......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 05.11.2002
ASTORIA, Ore. (May 11)--Visitors of the Columbia River Maritime Museum observe the "Triumph." A wooden Motor Lifeboat used by the Coast Guard. USCG photo by PA2 Robert K. Lanier...