Imagery available: Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment pays tribute to lost Coast Guardsmen, mariners

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Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment pays tribute to lost Coast Guardsmen, mariners

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Triumph
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 52-foot MLBs, the other homes being Station Coos Bay located in Charleston, Ore., and Station Grays Harbor located in Westport, Wash.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.
52-foot History
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.
Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment crewmembers place a memorial wreath into the Pacific Ocean near the North Head Light in Ilwaco, Wash., during a memorial ceremony, Jan. 13, 2018. The memorial ceremony is held annually in tribute to Coast Guardsmen lost in the line of duty in the Pacific Northwest. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.
Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment crewmembers place a memorial wreath into the Pacific Ocean near the North Head Light in Ilwaco, Wash., during a memorial ceremony, Jan. 13, 2018.

The memorial ceremony is held annually in tribute to Coast Guardsmen lost in the line of duty in the Pacific Northwest.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.
 Jeff Rusicki rings a bell for every name read by Gordon Huggins during the MLB Triumph Memorial Service held at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Ilwaco, Wash., Jan. 13, 2018.

Jeff Rusicki rings a bell for every name read by Gordon Huggins during the MLB Triumph Memorial Service held at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Ilwaco, Wash., Jan. 13, 2018.

The tolling of a bell is a traditional action done at Coast Guard memorial services because it provides a tribute of dignity, honor and respect for the person who was willing to sacrifice their all.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.
 Gordon Huggins, the only surviving crewmember from the capsizing and loss of the 52-foot Motor Life Boat Triumph, January 12, 1961, receives a hug from an attendee of the annual Triumph Memorial ceremony held at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Ilwaco, Wash., January 13, 2018.
Gordon Huggins, the only surviving crewmember from the capsizing and loss of the 52-foot Motor Life Boat Triumph, January 12, 1961, receives a hug from an attendee of the annual Triumph Memorial ceremony held at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Ilwaco, Wash., January 13, 2018.

The Triumph and five members of its crew were lost during an attempted rescue of the fishing vessel Mermaid just outside the Columbia River Bar.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.

 

 

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