Surfmen trainees head to dangerous waters to learn the skills needed to drive Coast Guard lifeboats on the most challenging ...

The 47-Foot motor Lifeboat is designed as a first response rescue resource for the Coast Guard in high seas, surf and heavy weather environments. They are built to withstand the most severe ...

The U.S. Coast Guard's elite surfmen are trusted to drive lifeboats on the most challenging rescue missions. They train in ...

Come to starboard. On a wet February afternoon, we're on board a 47 foot U.S. Coast Guard motor lifeboat with Chief Eric Ceallaigh at the helm, driving through breaking surf barely a hundred yards ...

The crew called out for help and the Coast Guard dispatched a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Quillayute River and an MH-60 Jayhawk crew from its Air Station in Astoria.

All crew members were transferred to a Coast Guard motor lifeboat. One crew member fell in the water during the rescue but was retrieved by lifeboat crew. An emergency tugboat, the Lauren Foss ...

The Coast Guard sent a Motor Lifeboat (MLB), a helicopter and a rescue tugboat to help bring the Luther back to port. To keep the boat from sinking, the crew of the Luther released the concrete barge.

On Oct. 27, CBS News aired a “60 minutes” 13-minute segment, “U.S. Coast Guard trains elite rescuers in dangerous area called ‘Graveyard of the Pacific,’” filmed at the Columbia River Bar, about ...

"60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker reports on U.S. Coast Guard training at the mouth of the Columbia River, nicknamed ...