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U.S. Coast Guard District 13

Seattle, WA, US

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

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Current Personnel:

Megan Brower

Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

Chief Petty Officer William Colclough

Andy Connor

Chief Warrant Officer Allyson Conroy

Petty Officer 2nd Class Valerie Higdon

Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Hvozda

Chief Petty Officer David Mosley

Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham

Senior Chief Petty Officer Rachel Polish

Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier

Lt. Russell Tippets

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Coast Guard rescues 7 aboard 143-foot yacht 25-miles off Wash. Coast

Helicopter video footage showing Coast Guard crews responding to a 143-foot yacht taking on water 25-miles off the Washington Coast, May 7, 2022. Coast Guard crews rescued the seven people aboard after the vessel took on water and became disabled. (U.S. Coast Guard video)

Taken: 05.07.2022 | Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier

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Recent Images

Coast Guard honors SPAR veteran at 100th birthday...

05.07.2022 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero

Jeanne Yoder. a Coast Guard SPAR (Semper Paratus Always Ready) veteran, smiles during her birthday celebration in Sequim, Washington, May 7, 2022....

Coast Guard rescues 7 aboard 143-foot yacht...

05.07.2022 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier

Image showing a 143-foot yacht taking on water 25-miles off the Washington Coast, May 7, 2022. Coast Guard crews rescued the seven people aboard...

Coast Guard Cutter Cuttyhunk decommissioned after...

05.05.2022 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Garver, Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Cutter Cuttyhunk, receives a Meritorious Unit Commendation on behalf of the...

Coast Guard fines boater after crossing restricted bar

03.31.2022 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero

A 23-foot fishing vessel approaches the restricted Tillamook Bar near Garibaldi, Oregon, March 31, 2022 The bar was restricted to boats under...

U.S. Department of Homeland Security recognizes...

04.28.2022 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, the Honorable John Tien, addresses an audience including members of the media during a presentation of the...

Coast Guard rescues 2 stranded hikers from coastal...

04.25.2022 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

A Sector Columbia River MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew hovers above two stranded hikers near Neahkahnie Beach, OR, during a rescue operation...

Kirsten Hillman, Ambassador of Canada to the United...

04.12.2022 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

The Honorable Kirsten Hillman discusses vessel traffic control operations with Laird Hail, Director of the Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Control...

Coast Guard, Navy host exercise with Royal Canadian...

02.17.2022 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier

Coast Guard Cutter Blue Shark [WPB 87360] transits the waters of the Salish Sea alongside HMCS Saskatoon and HMCS Yellowknife during a joint...

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Recent Videos

Coast Guard rescues 7 aboard 143-foot yacht...

05.07.2022 | Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier

Helicopter video footage showing Coast Guard crews responding to a 143-foot yacht taking on water 25-miles off the Washington Coast, May 7, 2022....

Coast Guard rescues 7 aboard 143-foot yacht...

05.07.2022 | Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier

Video footage showing Coast Guard crews responding to a 143-foot yacht taking on water 25-miles off the Washington Coast, May 7, 2022. Coast Guard...

Coast Guard medevacs person from cruise ship off...

04.28.2022 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero

A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria aircrew medevacs a patient off a Disney cruise ship underway April 8, 2022 offshore of Astoria, Oregon. The...

Coast Guard Air Station Astoria medevacs person 181...

06.15.2021 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero

A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria air crew medevacs a patient off a Disney cruise ship April 8, 2022 near Astoria, Oregon. The patient...

Coast Guard rescues 2 stranded hikers from coastal...

04.25.2022 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

A Coast Guard Sector Columbia River aircrew rescues two hikers from a coastal cliff near Neahkahnie Beach, OR, Monday, April 25. The hikers became...

Coast Guard medevacs Navy sailor off Oregon coast

03.06.2022 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

Coast Guard aircrew members aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Sector Columbia River hoist a sailor needing higher medical care, and an...

Advanced Helicopter Rescue School (AHRS), Fall, 2021

11.19.2021 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

Coast Guard pilots, air crews, and rescue swimmers from around the Nation attend the Advanced Helicopter Rescue School in November of 2021, in the...

Coast Guard Canine Explosive Detection Teams...

01.25.2022 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

Coast Guard Canine "Niki", an explosives detection canine assigned to Maritime Safety and Security Team Seattle, is lowered from a Pierce County...

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Recent News Stories

Coast Guard honors SPAR veteran at 100th birthday...

05.10.2022 | Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero

Jeanne Yoder, a resident of Sequim, Washington, is one of those women who answered the call to service and one of many of the Pacific...

The Sky is No Limit!

11.10.2021 | Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham

Coast Guard pilot aspires to change the perception that aviation is for one gender

Highlighting heritage: Petty Officer 3rd Class...

09.24.2021 | Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Cassandra Castillo's dream to work in the medical field began when she was a little girl. Growing up, she was...

For greater generations

07.06.2021 | Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero

Remembering U.S. Coast Guard WWII Veteran Michael Brewer.

On wings of pride

06.24.2021 | Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham

Lt. Amanda Thrasher is a Coast Guard helicopter pilot who serves in the mountainous coastal terrain of the Pacific Northwest, and is forthright...

A whale of awe: Protecting the Soul of the Salish Sea

06.23.2021 | Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

A 30-foot, 14,000-pound apex predator doesn't roar. It sprays a rainbow-ridden waterspout. Try to look away as an orca's 6-foot, black dorsal fin...

Breaking waves: Coast Guard surfmen drive to close...

09.30.2020 | Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham

By Petty Officer Cynthia Oldham

The Creed

05.28.2020 | Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read

I will, to the best of my ability, pursue each mission with the commitment, compassion, and courage inherent in the title of Surfman. I will...

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Recent Audio

Paddle Smart PSA - "Stop the search. Mark It!" -...

11.03.2020 | Audio by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham

In this public service announcement recorded for Oregon-area radio stations, the 13th Coast Guard District urges the public to label and take...

Paddle Smart PSA - "Stop the search. Mark It!"...

11.04.2020 | Audio by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham

In this public service announcement for Seattle, Washington, radio stations, the 13th Coast Guard District urges the public to label and take...

Mayday call to Coast Guard

02.13.2019 | Audio by Petty Officer 3rd Class Trevor Lilburn

Two people in distress, a man and a woman in the water after their personal water craft flipped over, call for help on a handheld marine radio...

fishing vessel New Faith Initial Call

07.08.2017 | Audio by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read

The captain of the New Faith, a 40-foot commercial fishing vessel, calls the Coast Guard for assistance after he wakes up to his vessel taking on...

Kayaker distress Initial Call 21 May

05.21.2017 | Courtesy Audio

A kayaker who capsized his kayak in Puget Sound near Port Townsend makes a mayday call to the Coast Guard, May 21, 2017. The kayaker was...

Coast Reign Mayday

02.05.2017 | Audio by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg

A Coast Guard Sector Columbia River operations specialist responds to a mayday call from the captain of commercial fishing vessel Coastal Reign...

F/V Star King Mayday

01.07.2017 | Audio by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read

The captain of the fishing vessel Star King calls mayday to the Coast Guard announcing their distress situation outside the Columbia River...

Rescue 21 recording of false-mayday call

12.08.2016 | Audio by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read

A hoax caller somewhere between Seaside, Ore., and Chinook, Wash., relays a false distress call to the Coast Guard during fall 2016. The hoax...

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