This boat, USCG Motor lifeboat #36391 was built in the Coast Guard yard at Curtis Bay Md.in 1934. Upon completion it went by rail to Point Adams Life Boat Station at the mouth of the Columbia River where it served for 21 years. It was sold out of service in 1955 whereupon it went through a series of owners who made whatever changes they fancied until it ended up on the dock in Astoria, Or looking something like a cabin cruiser and in very poor condition. I bought the boat in 2005 and spent the next 7 years restoring the boat to service condition.
Relaunched in 2012 we have cruised the Puget Sound and West Coast visiting all the Coast Guard Stations. My Father was career Coast Guard and ran this very boat during the late 1930s and earlier 1940s. We have had thousands of visitors to the boat in the past five years and we hope you will be one as well.