Chief Petty Officers Bradd Beckett, executive officer at Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment located in Ilwaco, Wash., and Jason McCommons, executive officer at Station Yaquina Bay located in Newport, Ore., talk about the unique capabilities of the 52-foot Motor Life Boat at their respective units, December 2017.
Stations Cape Disappointment and Yaquina Bay are home to two of the four 52-foot MLBs, the other homes being Station Coos Bay located in Charleston, Ore., and Station Grays Harbor located in Westport, Wash.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.