Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Blackburn | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 02.06.2017
A Coast Guard Station Port Angeles crew aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium drives alongside the Cutter Swordfish, an 87-foot Marine Protector-Class Patrol Boat, in Port Angeles, Wash., Feb. 6, 2017. Seaman Daren Elzinga donned firefighting equipment after an oil spill occurred in the vessel’s engine room. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Blackburn | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 02.06.2017
Seaman Dylan Hankin, a Coast Guard crewmember aboard the Cutter Swordfish, monitors his shipmate working in the engine room as Station Port Angeles crewmembers aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Small follow the vessel back to the pier in Port Angeles, Wash., Feb. 6, 2017. The 87-foot Protector Class Patrol Boat crew returned to port after the vessel experienced an oil spill in the engine......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Blackburn | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 02.06.2017
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Hannah Prince, a machinery technician aboard the Cutter Swordfish does a round in the engine room, Feb. 6, 2017, near Port Angeles, Wash., to ensure everything is functioning correctly. Prince was one of the 11 crewmembers aboard the Swordfish, an 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat homeported in Port Angeles, Wash., while underway for four days in Puget......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 01.13.2015
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Swordfish takes a moment toward the end of their day to raise the Seahawks 12 flag after completing an escort mission near Seattle before returning to their home port in Port Angeles, Wash., Jan. 13, 2015. The Swordfish is a Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat, each boat is named after a different marine predator. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 01.13.2015
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Swordfish raise the Seahawks 12 flag near Seattle after a busy morning of providing escort for the USS Nimitz Jan. 13, 2015. The missions of the Swordfish crew include search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, and homeland security, which are served throughout the state of Washington from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, around the San Juan Islands and down the......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 01.13.2015
Chief Petty Officer Casey G. McDonald hoists the Seattle Seahawks 12 flag up the starboard halyard of the Coast Guard Cutter Swordfish in Seattle Jan. 13, 2015. To the left of McDonald is the cutter’s emblem, which contains the cutter’s motto “xiphias patronus,” a Latin phrase that roughly translates to “swordfish protector." (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 01.13.2015
Chief Petty Officer Casey G. McDonald attaches the Seattle Seahawks 12 flag to the starboard halyard of the Coast Guard Cutter Swordfish in Seattle Jan. 13, 2015. The cutter’s emblem, which depicts a swordfish holding an orange throwable flotation device in one arm and a .50-caliber machine gun in the other, illustrates the scope of the crew’s missions from search and rescue support to......
