That’s true even in extremely gnarly conditions. Crews aboard the 47-foot Motor Lifeboat, the Coast Guard’s primary nearshore fast-response rescue platform, will head into 50-knot winds through ...

Washington will see money for a number of Coast Guard items, including a new icebreaker and new lifesaving vessels for Grays Harbor. The funding will help to replace 52-foot Motor Lifeboats that ...

The students on Ceallaigh's 47-foot U.S. Coast Guard motor lifeboat studied his every turn of the wheel and called out approaching swells.

Mission: Near-shore search and rescue. 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.

In 2019, Birdon was awarded a 10-year contract perform a 20-year service life extension for up to 117 47’ U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Motor Lifeboats (MLB).

The students on Ceallaigh's 47-foot U.S. Coast Guard motor lifeboat studied his every turn of the wheel and called out approaching swells.

Order Years 6-10 will allow additional 60 MLBs to receive significant overhaul PORTLAND, Conn., Aug. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Birdon America, Inc., announced that on July 25, 2024, the ...

Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders deployed the motor lifeboat crew to provide an escort for the Pacifica. The Coast Guard worked with the Monterey Fire Department, who also launched a ...

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.

Dec. 27—Washington will see money for a number of Coast Guard items, including a new icebreaker and new lifesaving vessels for Grays Harbor. The funding will help to replace 52-foot Motor ...

Today, Birdon America, Inc., announced that on July 25, 2024, the United States Coast Guard exercised "Option Order 1" for Birdon's 47' Motor Lifeboat (MLB) Service Life Extension Program (SLEP ...