These vessels and their crews are the rock stars of rescues Spent many hours on 41 footers & a 44 footer from 1983 through 86. Our boat crews were second to none. I'm very pleased and to see the Coast Guard is getting more of the attention we deserve .
Had a friend who was a gunner's mate, some of the missions you folks get involved with, oh man! Glad you're out there. Much respect from an old USAF type.
Great video. My dad commanded USCGC Cape Morgan (WPB-95313) and was the 2nd XO aboard the USCGC Decisive (WMEC-629) back in 1969 when it was a little less than a year old. They do a wonderful job to help protect our waterways. Semper Paratus to all the men and woman who serve today! 👍👍
@UCGw8-w_5lHDJDuhMu4Q95HA let me clear this up for you. When I say "as an American" I mean as a citizen, taxpayer and a participant in my country's democracy. I'm happy that my tax dollars go to these service people, the acts of good done under our flag and in our name. That is what links me to them. Therefore I am proud of them. I never said I was proud to be an American citizen. But there are times when I'm proud of the actions of my fellow Americans when they do rise to the occasion/challenge. Don't be so juvenile to think that anyone saying "..proud of..." that is taking direct credit for others hard work. citizenshipbeen a passive act. All that being said, the flag triggered you huh?
Spent the last two years of my enlistment at Umpqua River Lifeboat station on the Oregon coast. We loved getting the call to go, saving life's rocked. Loved the badass winter storms too. Would wait for a day or two after one when the weather was clear but the breakers where still coming in big. We would get the boats underway and go have breaker drills. You could call it training, we called it fun. Never rolled a boat but came close a few times. These were the 44s, did have an older 36fter for a while. Took it out on breaker drills, had a breaker break right in front of the coxan flat (where the crew all stood). A friend up in the tower watching that day said "That wave broke right on the middle of the boat, the whole boat disappeared". I remember coming out the other side, up to my chest in cold water slowly running out the scuppers. Were we scared? No, we where to young, we thought it was exciting and great fun. Miss some of those days.
I served in the Army Infantry. But my son serves in the Coast Guard at Kodiak, Alaska. Very very proud of him! This outfit is worth their weight in gold.
These Guys Have Nerves of Steel !!! This is some Scary Stuff !!! Thank you for Being so Brave and and your Service WOW !!!! God Bless You All !!!!!!!!!!!!
If it will make you feel better they got me twice this year. Didn't have the first one 5 months later to show them so they checked again. All good. I appreciate everything they do.
Good job Coast Guard! You gained my respect after going to see your museum in Oregon & watching the videos there - Wow!!! It rocked & rolled on my sub, but nothing like you all are exposed to in those wave craft. Truly impressive!!!
My son was in the COAST GUARD. HE WAS COMMANDER OF THE SPENCER AND THE GALLATIN. AND 2ND IN COMMAND OF THE RELIANCE..I'M PROUD OF WHAT THE COAST GUARD STANDS FOR.. ESPECIALLY PROUD OF MY SON. HE SERVED 25 YEARS..
Say what you want about coast guard folks just patrolling beaches and fun in the sun, those folks and what they do is just 100 % pure homeland bad assery.
As a professional charter fisherman, the coast guard is my worst case scenario best friend. I know for a fact that if we go down hard, some damn fine men and women are coming to get us.
I love this! And I know a lot of Coasties that have done this. What I love even more is the when I talk to them after the first time they have been out on Lake Superior in a blow. There is nothing like it. There is no jockeying around and going into reverse to take the next wave, it's just one after another with no time to do anything except eat it.
Simply Design - EXCELLENT VIDEO - WELL DONE!! I served at STA YB from 88-90 as MK1 and MKC. Victory hadn't earned her gold numbers yet, and we were using 44's, as the 47's were still being built. Most of this video was apparently shot off of South Beach near the South Jetty - worst/best surf on the Oregon Coast! (Except for Cape D). Really miss the Victory - she would bring you home no matter what - not particularly speedy, but as tough as they come!. We blew out the port light and port/forward window during surf drills in early '90 - what a mess! Went on to the EPO job at STA Chetco River from 90-92. Makes me miss it all over again. Semper Paratus!!
That's badass. Doesn't matter what gender the service members on those boats are, they clearly have huge Buoys. Much respect for what the CG does for us.
I got to tour the Victory around 2014! Such a historic boat! I served for four years in the US Coast Guard and although it was a great 4 years, I never got to a small boat station. Awesome video!
Great Video! I was Stationed at Coast Guard Base SouthWest Harbor, Maine! The Coast Guard was the best experience I’ve ever had! Our boats were 44368 and 41439...ty Coast Guard!
God Bless the USCG! Most under recognized agency of the DoD and Home land Security. Thank you all for all you do! By a retired Army ground pounder who appreciates all you do. Keep up the great work!
@@SimplyDesignStudiosNewport Thanks. Hoping you get some more of your outstanding HQ drone shots. These 47's were being fielded a couple years before I retired. Never got to ride on one but that was outside my job specialty anyway. This 47's replaced the 44's which were a great "bathtub" of a boat but the platform of the 47 was a great design, faster, more capable and built like a tank. Textron Marine did an outstanding job building these. Can't wait to see your other videos. Great Lakes have many of these 47's also, but they don't get the pounding surf you see in the upper north west. They deal with 'confused seas" instead. 10ft+ confused seas will give you one helluva ride. Stay safe.
I won't get into the details because my family still suffers. But, the Coast Guard saved my families life. I lost two brothers that I had never met in this catastrophe. It occured before i was born. Thank you to those who served on Point Lobos in the 70s.
Thank you very much for your service here in Oregon and abroad. Yaquina Bay no place to mess up crossing that bar. Thank you for what you do. Im in Oregon and very familiar with that part of the coast.
Great Video, looked like two of the 47's were from Station Bodega Bay. My oldest son was a MK there and did surf training on those boats. I sent him the link so he could have a flash back. Nice job on the video.
My son was CAPTAIN of the COAST SPENCER AND THE COAST GUARD SHIP THE GALLATIN.. I'm VERY PROUD OF THE COAST GUARD and ESPECIALLY PROUD OF MY SON.!!COMMANDER WILLIAM J. SEMRAU
USCG 1972 - 1998 July 4, 1976, the ship I was on, CGC Comanche WMEC 202, went 20 miles off the Oregon coast for a sailboat that went out despite small craft warnings. When asked why he went out anyway, the sailboat skipper said, "Because I knew you would come out to get me if I ran into trouble". The Coast Guard used to have a saying, "You (the Coast Guard) have to go out, but you don't have to come back". Disney recently made a movie about a true Coast Guard rescue off the Mass. coastline in 1956. The rescue was the most heroic in CG history. The movie: "The Finest Hours".
It never stopped amazing me of the people who will disregard warnings and go out anyway. Happens every year in the Great lakes. Ice fishermen on ice flows. Lake Erie is notorious for that. Had a fellow RM buddy go from "A" school to the Cherokee (sister ship). Sad that in todays state of cancel culture, the CG would be scrambling to rename these ships. Jeep is already taking heat for having a 4x4 named Cherokee. When I was on the Mobile Bay, we had to go out and "rescue" a few snow mobiles that got lost. Some calls were for them being on ice flows. Hey, as my CG bumper stickers says.. "Your Business Is Greatly Appreciated". 73's.
Thank you so much for reminding all of us, active duty, veterans and the public at large that is no such thing as a "routine mission " and no one ever guaranteed we'd return to base.
I was on the Modoc from 78 until it was decommissioned. Those were some bad ass tugs. The engine room impressed me so much I left deck force to become a snipe. Thanks for your service, my friend.
If I could live my life over, I would join the US Coast Guard right out of high school. I feel like it's where I would belong, on the water, helping people.
I have three decades in the military; I never considered the coast guard when I joined, after having long discussions with a friend who was a coastie I wish I had considered it.... they go to the range more often than army infantry units (boat crews have to be qualified 2 times a year on every weapon on the boat, which is usually 5 to 7 different firearms types. My coastie friend went to the range every month.)
I am an ex Coastie, joined in 1968 at age 18. Was a Gunners Mate, maintained ordnance on board ship, was a Boat Coxswain (boat driver!), did Search and Rescue, harbor patrol etc. Best years of my life! Helped people, saw drownings and death, lots of time on the water. It helped me grow up and when I got out, went to college and got my degree. The military will make a man out of you. The Coast Guard was my life coach. No regrets even after 50+ years!
@@rachkate76 yeah we (USA) have fought at least 4 major wars against imperial tyrants so I tend to agree with your assessment. Capitalism is much better.
I was stationed at Station Yaquina Bay in 77. We still stood 4 on 8 off in the watch tower over by the N. Jetty. We had a lot of SAR calls as there were still fish to be caught. I was assigned to 44300. On every hard SAR call the OinC Senior Chief Sutherland took me along. Master Chief McAdams was OinC when I reported. I was out in some breaking seas of over 30 feet and 50+ knot winds in the MLB Victory. One day my BM2 took me aboard the 25' motor surf boat and took to cast the boat (turn it in its own length). I did on my first try. met my wife through her parent there. We have been married for more than 45 years. I enjoyed my time there. I accepted an over to attend OCS. I did have orders for MLB school at Cape D which changed when I accepted into OCS.
I love this! I met Chief McAdams several times now and I’ve heard so many incredible stories about him! It sounds like an awesome adventure you had! Thank you for sharing!
I did. I had a college degree but learned to follow orders and control my fears when under way in bad storms. I learned what it meant to do my duty and to serve others in dangerous conditions.
@@donpetrey8007 correct, we did refer to ourselves as the" Hole in the Wall Gang " also famous for being the "Worlds Smallest Harbor " ( although not sure about that one ) edit: our OinC made Senior Chief and was Transferred to Tillamook, that was 1984 I think.
Tell me that was a buoy at 112 and not man overboard! I served in the Marine Corps. After my 4 years I joined the reserves. My drills were in Philly. We went to USCG Boot camp in Cape May a few times to train. I clowned them because of the comparison to Parris Island. Years later I was fishing 5 miles off Rehoboth beach in Delaware and got in some trouble. They saved my life. Not only the skills impressed me. The professionalism and compassion they showed was awesome, especially considering I did something dumb that could have been avoided. USCG....STRAIGHT ROCK STARS!
@@scottmueller550 Perhaps you misunderstood him as not all small boats the Coast Guard use are self righting. The vast majority are not. The surf boats are; the 47s, 52s and a couple of special purpose boats (SPCs) built for shallow water bars. The 45 is advertised as being self righting but they are not designed to go in the surf. I don't know if that has been tested in real life operations.
Question: I noticed on Deadliest Catch how the Captains are constantly throttling back and forth. After the bow has punched through the wave, is that when you throttle forward?
Man I live and work up in Homer Alaska. Our coast guard guys and gals do this training once a summer and us fishing boats are always on standby if they need a guy pulled out of the water, it's so much fun being on the water and working in close proximity to the coast guard.
Having ridden in a 44' MLB out of Cape Disappointment as part of ANT Team Astoria a few times (we were servicing Bouy 10/ CR Bouy), those 52 footers look almost more comfortable. BZ on the video!
I was born in Astoria as my Dad was stationed on a cutter on Coos Bay, he retired after skippering the Pt. Stuart down here in San Diego. RIP Chief Gaines!
I rode a 44’ a few times out to the Columbia lightship for maintenance work and was onboard the day she was decommissioned. I have a dated ships seal on letterhead from that day. Also went out to the replacement buoy a couple times. Always enjoyed riding on the 44’s.
It depends on the weather and the person; more and more often I got seasick on the Victory. The roundish keel makes it yaw in following seas and roll when sitting in the trough. The pilothouse is more comfortable - if you are not prone to seasickness like I am (I injured my ears in 'A' school). The 52s are more confidence inspiring and I appreciated the engineering and design more than the 44s, even though it was much slower.
@Yo Mama Lot of ways to do things for your country without signing up for the military. Perhaps you should remove the holier then thou stick from your ass. Might make you feel better.
Training to keep station - throttle forward to "meet" the wave. Good for man overboard drills for the pick-up. OMG I miss this! Cape "D" was great - fun with the 44s 😀
Awww MLB Victory, these boats are out of CG Station Yaquina Bay. I volunteered there in high school and spent I think all my time in the engine space of victory polishing brass..... she’s old but still beautiful.
On my 250 foot rescue ship in the navy I can tell you we rode 35-40 seas put up with 60 knot winds which shredded a new Ensign down to just one star remaining, and we have done this while towing a ship 10 times our size. God Bless the Coast Guard there are no better at what they do but, don’t count out the US Navy we are in the end all on the same team!
@@garykorzelius5930 , so the ship you were towing in the navy was 10x your size 250 foot? That makes 2500 foot, wow! Respect! Was it the stretched Queen Elizabeth II?
@@garykorzelius5930 I'll say it - NOPE! The USN is amazing at what they do, being gone forever, shooting missiles and big guns at stuff, deploying at a moment's notice, finest carrier aviation community in the world. None better. The white boat you saw footage of here? Victory, one of only four of these boats in the service. They are 52' long and weigh around 75,000lbs (depending on which boat you are referencing) ; they can tow up to 700 GTons and can handle, by policy, 25' breakers, 35' swells, 70kts of wind....while towing a vessel up to the aforementioned tonnage. I have talked to Surfmen from way back who ran these boats before policy restricted us to the previously mentioned limitations, and uh, yeah, all four of them have been out in seas your ship was in. And we don't sit inside of "the bridge" like the USN, we sit on top, or stand if you are running a 52', for as long as the case goes on for. My record is 28 hours as the Surfman running the case, 36 as a crewmember on another time before I was certified to run a 52'. The motor lifeboats in this video have no toilets, no coffee makers, no real racks to speak of......naw, we Coasties definitely do this better. I did this job for the second half of my 20 year career. For critical distance my first half was on "cutters", all but two were over 210' and the "babies" were 110' patrol boats.
USCG…. The world’s PREMIER maritime rescue and life saving organization (among other important duties). The conditions and missions these trams and equipment endure are unthinkable. “Coasties” rock and command total respect. The only superior thing to that self-righting, self-bailing and unsinkable patrol boat shown are the bad ass guys and gals strapped-in surfing those crazy waves. Thank you for your service. 🛟
Funny you should say that. When I went through USCG boot camp the base commander told us, " If we have to save you while we are trying to save someone else you're of no use to us!". 20 years later I retired as a LT. CMDR and never forgot what he said. He was Captain A.B Howe.
The coast guard saves way more American lives than any branch of the military ever has. I don't understand why they aren't treated with the same respect
I was in the Navy and I've always agreed with you, ButterBall: the Coast Guard doesn't get nearly the respect and appreciation that they deserve. In the Navy some sailors get to demonstrate courage from time to time; the coasties on lifeboat duty do it day in and day out. And they are saving lives, not taking them.
When I decided to join the Cost Guard I told a buddy of mine who’s a former marine about my decision. He laughed at me and said “No one is going to respect you if you join the Cost Guard” his job in the marines was a Satellite Engineer, my job in the Coast Guard is a Rescue Swimmer…
The US Coast Guard doesn't get the respect and attention they deserve. In my opinion, these folks are the cream of the crop!my hat's off to them, and the thankless job they have. I hope I never find myself in a position where I need them to rescue me but, if I do, I know they're the best in the world.
Thanks for your support. As a USCG veteran, I have been told by more than one person, some of whom are friends, that it wasn't like I was real military, because it was only the Coast Guard after all. Again, much thanks.
how far can they go in front of the break without flipping or capsizing when it breaks... or will these boats just take it? will it bury the bow at some point?
I noticed the switch to dark-colored crash helmets. During my time we had orange crash helmets -- for visibility, particularly if a crewman becomes a PIW. When was the switch, and why? Anybody know?
