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.

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 ...

On scene weather conditions were 10- to 14-foot seas and winds of 45-knots.A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) crew from Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, an MH-60 Jayhawk crew from Coast Guard Air ...

The U.S. Coast Guard recently accepted the Birdon America's first upgraded 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (47 MLB) at the agency's… Thursday, June 26, 2025.

A subsidiary of marine engineering company Birdon has won a potential 10-year, $191.1M contract to support the U.S. Coast Guard’s service life extension program for 47-foot Motor Lifeboats. USCG ...

The Textron Marine & Land Systems 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) is a rugged, highly survivable, all-aluminum rescue boat that significantly enhances search and rescue operations in heavy weather ...

Petty Officer 1st Class Bradd Beckett, boatswain mate (boat driver) and Surfman (highly-qualified boat driver) at Cape Disappointment, along with his crew, races down to the 47-foot motor lifeboat.

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 ...

ILWACO, Wash. Students at the U.S. Coast Guard National Motor Lifeboat School in Ilwaco graduated from the Heavy Weather course recently. The graduation marked completion of a course where ...

Mar. 11—Last week the U.S. Coast Guard Station Grays Harbor's 47-foot motor lifeboat crew responded to a 62-foot fishing vessel, weighing well over 100 displacement tons, disabled and adrift 26 ...

L ast week the U.S. Coast Guard Station Grays Harbor’s 47-foot motor lifeboat crew responded to a 62-foot fishing vessel, weighing well over 100 displacement tons, disabled and adrift 26 ...