Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Jetta Disco | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 02.27.2019
Lt. Jessica Shafer, Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment talks about what it takes to overcome obstacles, and adversity to pursue your goal in an interview conducted Feb. 27, 2019 in Ilwaco, Washington. Shafer if the first female CO of Sta. Cape Disappointment and was stationed at the adjoining National Motor Lifeboat School as a non-rate. U.S. Coast Guard video by......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 01.11.2018
Chief Petty Officers Bradd Beckett, executive officer at Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment located in Ilwaco, Wash., and Jason McCommons, executive officer at Station Yaquina Bay located in Newport, Ore., talk about the unique capabilities of the 52-foot Motor Life Boat at their respective units, December 2017. Stations Cape Disappointment and Yaquina Bay are home to two of the four......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 12.14.2017
A Coast Guard boat crew aboard a 29-foot Response Boat-Small II, from Station Cape Disappointment, assists three boaters by towing them away from rocks and pilings near Hammond, Ore., Dec. 14, 2017. The boaters lost engine power while fishing on the Columbia River and were pushed against the rocks. U.S. Coast Guard video by Sector Columbia River 6002....
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 08.08.2017
A U.S. Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter assigned to Sector Columbia River, delivers dewatering pumps to a vessel taking on water 66 miles west of Tillamook Head on the Oregon Coast, Aug. 8, 2017. The Coast Guard delivered three pumps to the commercial fishing vessel Pura Vida to dewater the vessel, and a crew aboard a 47-foot Motor Life Boat assigned to Station Cape......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 01.07.2017
The crew of the commercial fishing vessel Sea Ballad acted as good Samaritans and rescued five fellow commercial fishermen after the fishing vessel Star King, a 55-foot stern trawler homeported in Astoria, Ore., sank near the entrance to the Columbia River, Jan. 7, 2017. The five fishermen were transferred to an on-scene Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Life Boat, from Station Cape Disappointment,......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 12.30.2015
Coast Guard personnel in the Pacific Northwest responded to more than 2,500 cases, resulting in over 200 lives saved, over 3,800 lives assisted and over $5,365,000 in property saved throughout the year. U.S. Coast Guard video compiled by Coast Guard 13th District Public Affairs....
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 11.07.2015
The crew aboard a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment tow the disabled sailing vessel Turtle Dove across a rough Columbia River Bar, Nov. 7, 2015. The two sailors aboard the vessel got caught in a storm, became disoriented, had trouble with their sails and eventually asked for assistance in coming in across the Columbia River Bar. U.S. Coast Guard video by......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 07.28.2014
A Coast Guard boat crew from Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment rescued a man after his boat ran aground and began taking on water in the Columbia River, Monday. A member of the boatcrew, acting as a surface rescue swimmer, was able to reach the man and get him safely aboard a 29-foot Response Boat-Small and transfer him in good condition to emergency medical services....
