UPDATE: News Release from Oregon State Police Posted on FlashAlert: June 4th, 2019 12:44 PM On Sunday June 2, 2019 at approximately 5:00 PM, Oregon State Police was notified of a water…
Category: U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard responds to vessel grounded on Columbia River sand bar Sunday June 2nd
OIOpublisher ASTORIA, Ore.— The Coast Guard responded to a 738-foot motor vessel which ran aground on the Miller Sands Bar, east of Tongue Point, Sunday. The vessel was able to pull itself…
Coast Guard medically evacuates fishing-boat captain suffering heart attack
TILLAMOOK, Ore. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 55-year-old man reportedly suffering from a heart attack while captaining a commercial fishing vessel 20-miles west of Tillamook Bay, Thursday. An aircrew aboard…
Coast Guard responds to fishing vessel grounded on Clatsop Spit near the Columbia River Bar entrance, Wash.
ILWACO, Wash. — Coast Guard crews respond to a commercial fishing vessel that grounded on the north side of the Clatsop Spit near the Columbia River Bar entrance, Monday, May 13th. Coast…
Federal, State and Local agencies continue response to Ann Kathleen incident
BANDON, ORE. — Members of the Unified Command responding to the Ann Kathleen incident continue containment and cleanup operations on the coast near Bandon, this week. The four fisherman aboard the Ann…
Coast Guard tows disabled yacht to Newport
NEWPORT, ORE. — Coast Guard crew members, aboard a 52-foot Motor Lifeboat towed a disabled 93-foot motor yacht, to Newport Harbor, Saturday. The Station Yaquina Bay crew aboard the 52-MLB Victory, made…
SMALL SHIPWRECK ASHORE ON SOUTH OREGON COAST DRAWING RESPONSE FROM STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES
Bandon OR — A 64-foot wood and fiberglass fishing vessel, the Ann Kathleen out of Westport, Washington, caught fire while at sea Thursday, May 2, off the southern Oregon coast south of…
Coast Guard conducts waterways analysis study of Tillamook Bay, seeks public comment, public meeting May 8th
GARIBALDI, OR. — Coast Guard officials are seeking public comment while conducting a waterways analysis and management system (WAMS) review of Tillamook Bay. The Coast Guard uses WAMS to validate the adequacy…
406 Day: National Campaign for Awareness of Emergency Locator Beacon Importance
SEATTLE – Saturday, April 6, is 406 Day, a national campaign run by NOAA to spread awareness of the importance of emergency position indicating radio beacons, or EPIRBs, and personal locator beacons,…
Coast Guard rescues sailor in distress west of Columbia River entrance
WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued a sailor Saturday evening, March 2nd after his sailing vessel started taking on water 10 miles west of the Columbia River entrance. A Coast Guard…