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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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Featured Video

Coast Guard rescues 5 from F/V Desire offshore Umpqua River, OR

A Coast Guard Air Station North Bend MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew rescues five people from a life raft after a fishing boat sank approximately 20 miles offshore from the mouth of the Umpqua River, Oregon, Nov. 15, 2021. The five people aboard the 67-foot fishing vessel Desire abandoned ship. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station North Bend.

Taken: 11.15.2021 | Video by Chief Petty Officer William Colclough

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Recent Images

Coast Guard conducts numerous safety escorts,...

12.07.2021 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

A Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment crew member stands watch during the tow of a commercial fishing vessel one mile off Seaside, OR,...

Coast Guard Bar Crossing Procedures

11.26.2021 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier

Coast Guard Bar Crossing Procedures

Coast Guard icebreaker returns home following...

11.20.2021 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

Family and loved ones wave to welcome the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) as they return to homeport Saturday, Nov. 20, following a...

Coast Guard Cutter Healy Returns to Seattle After...

11.20.2021 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier

Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) transits Elliott Bay off Seattle on Nov. 20, 2021, as it returns to its homeport after a 133-day deployment in...

U.S. Coast Guard 52-Foot Heavy Weather Motor...

11.17.2021 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham

The U.S. Coast Guard 52-Foot Heavy Weather Motor Lifeboat Invincible II is underway in the Columbia River near Coast Guard Station Cape...

Coast Guard helicopter crews assist in evacuation...

11.15.2021 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

A Coast Guard air crew from Sector Columbia River transport multiple evacuees from a flooded residential area near Forks, WA, Monday, Nov. 15. The...

America's only heavy icebreaker departs Seattle...

11.13.2021 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

A family member of a Coast Guardsman aboard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) waves as the cutter departs Seattle Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. The crew of...

Coast Guard helicopter crews rescue 12 people, 3...

11.12.2021 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

A Sector Columbia River air crew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter flies over a flooded RV park in Neskowin, OR, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The Coast...

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Recent Videos

Coast Guard rescues 5 from F/V Desire offshore...

11.15.2021 | Video by Chief Petty Officer William Colclough

A Coast Guard Air Station North Bend MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew rescues five people from a life raft after a fishing boat sank...

Coast Guard helicopter crews assist in evacuation...

11.15.2021 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

A Coast Guard air crew from Sector Columbia River rescues 10 people, including several children, from a flooded area west of Forks, WA, Monday,...

Coast Guard rescues man from Willapa Bay, Wash.

11.05.2021 | Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier

A Coast Guard aircrew from Sector Columbia River aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk hoists a man from a capsized vessel near Willapa National Wildlife...

Coast Guard rescues missing hiker from ravine in...

09.19.2021 | Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier

A Coast Guard aircrew from Astoria, Oregon, rescues a missing hiker from a ravine Sept. 19, 2021, in the southeast area of Olympic National Park....

Coast Guard rescues crew of 3, dog after fishing...

09.11.2021 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

An Air Facility Newport crew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescued 3 people and a dog after the commercial fishing vessel 'Royal' sank 45...

Coast Guard medevacs charter fisherman 57 miles off...

09.09.2021 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

A Sector Columbia River MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a charter fisherman experiencing distressed medical symptoms Thursday 57 miles off...

Coast Guard Air Station Astoria medevacs woman from...

08.28.2021 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero

A Coast Guard Sector Columbia River helicopter crew rescues an injured woman from the fishing vessel Sweet Adeline approximately 100 nautical...

Seattle Seafair 2021

07.23.2021 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark

Rear Adm. Melvin Bouboulis, commander, 13th Coast Guard District, and Master Chief Petty Officer Shane Carroll, command master chief, 13th...

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Recent News Stories

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...

Sew Others May Live

04.10.2020 | Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Trevor Lilburn

Coast Guard aviation survival technicians manufacture personal protective masks at the rescue swimmer shop at Sector North Bend, April 10, 2020....

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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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