Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 11.01.2001
ASTORIA, Ore. (Nov. 1, 2001) -- Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip, a bay-class buoy tender underway in Astoria. The Cowslip is scheduled to be decommissioned December 2002. The 180-foot buoy tender is the oldest in the Coast Guard and will be replaced by the CGC Fir, a 225-foot buoy tender. Located in the Astoria, the Cowslip worked under the most demanding environment in the U.S.--- in and around......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 10.17.2001
SEATTLE, Wash. (Oct. 17 )--The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip (WLB-277 ) creatively show their "good spirits" by shaving their heads for the oldest buoy tender in the Coast Guard fleetl. The Cowslip is due to be decommissioned in 2002. USCG photo by PA3 Anthony Juarez...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 07.06.1989
Astoria, OR (July 6)--A barnicle infested chain and buoy lies on the buoydeck of the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip (WLB 277). USCG photo by KALNBACH, CHUCK PA1...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 07.06.1989
Astoria, OR (July 6)--A crewmember tighten a chain securing a buoy to the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip (WLB 277). USCG photo by KALNBACH, CHUCK PA1...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 07.06.1989
Astoria, OR (July 6)--A crewmember of the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip (WLB 277) performs maintenance on the light of a buoy. USCG photo by KALNBACH, CHUCK PA1...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 07.06.1989
Astoria, OR (July 6)--A crewmember of the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip (WLB 277) performs maintenance on the light of a buoy. USCG photo by KALNBACH, CHUCK PA1...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 07.06.1989
Astoria, OR (July 6)--A crewmember of the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip (WLB 277) use boathooks to grab chains of an incoming buoy. USCG photo by KALNBACH, CHUCK PA1...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 07.06.1989
Astoria, OR (July 6)--A crewmember from the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip (WLB 277) adds a last touch by lashing a line around a chiain to secure it. USCG photo by KALNBACH, CHUCK PA1...
