Jul 22, 2019
The USCG Cutter Fir is now based in Astoria. She’s our new hometown buoy tender based at the Tongue Point Coast Guard station. To get here, she made a long journey that kept her crew for months at sea.
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Jul 22, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
The USCG Cutter Fir is now based in Astoria. She’s our new hometown buoy tender based at the Tongue Point Coast Guard station. To get here, she made a long journey that kept her crew for months at sea.
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Jul 17, 2019
On board the USCG Cutter Elm, a buoy tender now based in Astoria, Ore., one of the ship’s crew was recently honored with the title “Cutterman,” which honors his 20 years at sea in Coast Guard service.
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Jul 17, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
On board the USCG Cutter Elm, a buoy tender now based in Astoria, Ore., one of the ship’s crew was recently honored with the title “Cutterman,” which honors his 20 years at sea in Coast Guard service.
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Jul 16, 2019
The recently renovated and refurbished USCG Cutter Elm arrived in Astoria Monday. She’s replacing a well known hometown ship here, the Fir. Both are buoy tenders, a specialized ship that installs and maintains navigation aides around the PNW. Which means she creates and monitors the markers, buoys and lights that create the water highway vessels rely on. Without cutters like the Elm, ships would not get very far in our waters.
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Jul 16, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
The recently renovated and refurbished USCG Cutter Elm arrived in Astoria Monday. She’s replacing a well known hometown ship here, the Fir. Both are buoy tenders, a specialized ship that installs and maintains navigation aides around the PNW. Which means she creates and monitors the markers, buoys and lights that create the water highway vessels rely on. Without cutters like the Elm, ships would not get very far in our waters.
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Jul 15, 2019
Today we’re talking about rip currents – areas at the beach where water is rushing at high speed out to sea. Learn how to read the water and save your life and the life of your loved ones.
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Jul 15, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’re talking about rip currents – areas at the beach where water is rushing at high speed out to sea. Learn how to read the water and save your life and the life of your loved ones.
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Jul 12, 2019
The commercial fishing industry is a huge economic driver on the coast. But most people don’t realize that the fresh-caught, wild fish we love so much is caught, for the most part, by small business owners, fishermen and women who go out in relatively small boats, catching fish and crab in horrible weather. Today’s show is about appreciating the people who catch our dinner.
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Jul 12, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
The commercial fishing industry is a huge economic driver on the coast. But most people don’t realize that the fresh-caught, wild fish we love so much is caught, for the most part, by small business owners, fishermen and women who go out in relatively small boats, catching fish and crab in horrible weather. Today’s show is about appreciating the people who catch our dinner.
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Jul 11, 2019
We see pilot boats working on the waterfront all the time. What are they and why are they important?
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Jul 11, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
We see pilot boats working on the waterfront all the time. What are they and why are they important?
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