Sam Johnson and Bruce Jones, executive and deputy directors of the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Ore., kneel with Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Boss, commanding officer Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell, and Rear Adm. David Throop, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, behind a decommissioned propeller off the cutter Bluebell, April 17, 2018.
The Bluebell commissioned, April 4, 1945, is the second oldest still-serving cutter in the Coast Guard fleet and its personnel have serviced aids to navigation along the Columbia, Snake and Willamette River systems for 73 years.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.