52-foot Motor Life Boat history

NEWPORT, OR, UNITED STATES

01.10.2018

Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read      

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Thomas McAdams and Chief Petty Officer Jason McCommons, executive petty officer, Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay, located in Newport, Ore., talk about the history of the 52-foot Life Boat and the evolution of Coast Guard surf boats, Dec. 13, 2017.

There are only four 52-foot MLBs in the Coast Guard fleet, all serving in the 13th Coast Guard District and have been operating along the Oregon and Washington coasts for more than six decades.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.

• Date Taken: 01.10.2018
• Date Posted: 01.10.2018 19:39
• Category: Video Productions
• Video ID: 579418
• VIRIN: 180110-G-AW789-1001
• Filename: DOD_105233302
• Length: 00:03:10
• Location: NEWPORT, OR, US
• Hometown: ASTORIA, OR, US
• Hometown: COOS BAY, OR, US
• Hometown: NEWPORT, OR, US
• Hometown: WESTPORT, WA, US