"That Others Might Live"

This amazing photo was taken by Vernon T. Williams, and is of the U.S. Coast Guard boats, USCG 44393 (left) and USCG 44363 (right) in 1992, at Quillayute River.

 

On the 12th February 1997, USCG 44363 together with three of her four crew members was tragically lost while trying to rescue the crew of a sailing boat at Quillayute River.

The crew where:

Boatswain's Mate Second Class David Bosley, 36.

Machinery Technician Third Class Matthew Schlimme, 24.

Seaman Clinton Miniken, 22.

Seaman Apprentice Benjamin Wingo, 19, survived the accident.

 

"That Others Might Live" is the title of a book , written by Dennis Noble who was at the station researching another book on that fateful evening. Let us never forget what a courageous job our lifeboat men and women do, it is far to easy to take them for granted.

 

Articles on the accident, from the Seattle Times

 

Photos relating to the disaster

 

USCG 44393 and USCG 44363 at Quillayute River

 

 

If you have any photos which you would be willing to let me use on this page, I would very much like to hear from you. I'm also interested in any information which doesn't appear here. (e-mail)

(Prototype 44ft motor lifeboat)

 

Built: Construction completed Sept 1961 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Departed Curtis Bay (CG Yard) for Chatham MA on 14 April, 1962, follow on testing as far south as Cape Hatteras.
Yaquina Bay, Oregon 19 October 1962-1981

The National Motor Lifeboat School, Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, Washington 1981-1996

 

The 44300 story

 

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Photo Columbia River Maritime Museum

Photo Fred's Place
At Newport

(The first 44ft motor lifeboat built after the prototype)

 

Built: 1962 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts

The National Motor Lifeboat School, Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, Washington

Chatham, Massachusetts

Chatham Web Site

Built: 1962 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Cape May, New Jersey

Great Egg, New Jersey

Eatons Neck, New York

New London, Connecticut
Indian River Inlet, Delaware

Built: 1962 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Umpqua River, Oregon

Chetco River, Oregon

Tillamook Bay, Oregon

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Photo Fred's Place
During a 90 degree roll, Umpqua River circa 1967

Built: 1962 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, Washington

The National Motor Lifeboat School, Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, Washington

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Photo BMC Gary J Hudson

At Cape Disappointment

Built: 1963 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Humboldt Bay, California 15 June 1963-?
Coquille River, Oregon

Coos Bay, Oregon

Chetco River, Oregon

Noyo River, California ?-2000

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Photo FA Ray E. Tims Ret.
At Humboldt Bay 1965

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Sandy Hook, New Jersey

Rockaway Inlet, New York

Photo Fred's Place

At Sandy Hook, fall 1973

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Built: 1963 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Point Judith, Rhode Island 1962-1972

Point Allerton, Massachusetts 1972-?

Photo CPO Richard Barone

At Point Allerton

Photo Joe Minichiello
At Point Allerton

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Shinnecock, New York 1963-1988?

Channel Islands Harbor, California 1988?-1998

Photo Tom Kuefner

At Shinnecock

At Shinnecock Inlet winter 1980 or 81

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Quillayute River, Washington

Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, Washington

Block Island, Rhode Island

Early 1970s

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Cape May, New Jersey

Galloo Island, New York

Ashtabula, Ohio

Photo Alan Green
At Galloo Island circa 1969

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Chetco River and , Oregon
Cape Disappointment, Ilwago, Washington

Photo BMCS Joe Vernier

At Chetco River, circa 1970

At Chetco River, 1998

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Tawas, Michigan

 

Link to detailed photos of USCG 44312

Photos Rick Dulas

At Tawas, 1988

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Marblehead, Ohio
South Portland, Maine

Photo SN Courtney C. Bright
At Boothbay Harbor, Dec 2000

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Rockaway, New York

Photo Ken Sutherland

At Rockaway, 1975

Photo Danny Moore

At Rockaway

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Merrimac River, Massachusetts
Montauk, New York

Photos MK3 Andy Smith of Station Gloucester, MA

At Merrimac River

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Charlevoix, Michigan
Ashtabula, Ohio

Cleveland Harbor, Ohio

Rochester, New York

Oswego, New York

U.S. Coast Guard photo

At Oswego, May 2000

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Gloucester, Massachusetts

Photo Chris Spittle

At Gloucester, Oct 1991

Photo Bruce Dolloff

At Gloucester

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Cape May, New Jersey

Scituate, Massachusetts

Photos Brian Tague Photography

At Scituate

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Cape Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Photo Dean Nimax

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Oregon Inlet, North Carolina

Parramore Beach, Virginia 1993-1994

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts

Gay Head, Massachusetts

Menemsha, Massachusetts

Photo Brian Tague Photography

At Cape Cod Canal

Photo Richard Najarian

At Gay Head, May 1968

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Barnegat Light, New Jersey

Photo Jim Scott

At Barnegat Light

Photo Bill Scavuzzo
At Barnegat Light circa 1972

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Calumet Harbor, Illinois 1963-1972

Marblehead, Ohio ?-circa 1977

Milwaukee, Wisconsin circa 1977-?

St. Ignace, Michigan

Photos MK1 Albert Wood

At Alpena Michigan circa 1977, note the build up of ice on the handrails on the photos above

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Bodega Bay, California

Golden Gate, California

At Bodega Bay, 1998

Photo Eric Childers

At Bodega Bay

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire

U.S. Coast Guard photos

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Photos Mark Redmond
At Boothbay Harbor, circa 1991

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Parramore Beach, Virginia 1965-1993

Photo Ray Rioux
At Parramore Beach August 1983

Photo Robert Bennett
At Parramore Beach, summer 1979

Built: 1964 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Sold to the RNLI (Great Britain) in May 1964

Trials 1964-1967

Relief Fleet 1967-1996 (stationed at 22 stations in all)

 

	Link to detailed photos of 44-001
	360° panorama view of engine room Quick Time Movie - 1,27 MB
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Photo RNLI

Photo from my collection

At Ramsgate England, 3 April 1978

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey

Photo by BMC Edward J. Giza
At Manasquan Inlet 1983
For more photos from this rescue

Photo George Morris
At Manasquan, circa 1978

Photo BM3 Jim Weiss
At Manasquan Inlet, winter of 1977-78

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Marblehead, Ohio

Port Huron, Michigan ?-1989

Harbor Beach, Michigan 1989-?

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Yaquina Bay, Oregon

Umpqua River, Oregon
Depoe Bay, Oregon ?-last case November 17 1998
Coos Bay, Oregon

On the Umpqua River Bar, circa 1975

U.S. Coast Guard photo
At Umpqua River

Built: 1968 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Ocracoke, North Carolina

Photos Jack Carey

At Ocracoke Island

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Photo MCPO Ken Watts Ret.

At Atlantic City, Feb 1977 during the big freese

Photo PO1 Robert O'Neill
At Atlantic City, 1987/88

Built: 1965 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Michigan City, Indiana
Cleveland, Ohio
Marblehead, Ohio

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Golden Gate, California

Chetco River, Oregon

Photo Chris Blain

At Golden Gate, 1997

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Willipa Bay, Washington 1964/65-1965/66

Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, Washington

Bodega Bay, California

Photo Maximphoto

At Cape Disappointment

Built: 1965 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Sold to the Italian Coast Guard in 1965

Ancona 1965-Present Boat

Photo Italian Coast Guard

At Ancona Italy

Built: 1965 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Sold to the Italian Coast Guard in 1965

Ravenna 1965-2000

Photo Carlo

At Ravenna Italy, 1999

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Photo Brian Tague Photography

At Woods Hole

Photo James Jones

At Buzzard Bay Light Tower, 1969

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Jonesport, Maine 1966-1998

Southwest Harbor, Maine 1998-Nov 2001

Photos BMC Jim Bodenrader

At Southwest Harbor

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Fire Island, New York

Photo MK3 Scott Marshall

At Fire Island, winter 1982

Photo Doug Hollamby

At Fire Island, 1994

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Jones Beach, New York

At Reynolds Channel, Jones Beach 1994

At Jones Beach

Photos Fred's Place

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Fort Macon, North Carolina

Photo BMCM Robert E. Hill Ret.

At Fort Macon

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Cleveland Harbor, Ohio ?-1967?

Marblehead, Ohio 1967?-1967

Erie, Pennsylvania 1967-1999

Photo CWO4 Bob Barker Ret.

At Cleveland Harbor, July 1966

Photo Bill Wood

Iced in at Erie, 1978

Built: 1964 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Ludington, Michigan

Photo Todd Reed

At Lake Michigan

Built:1965 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Monterey, California

Photo Fred's Place

At Monterey

Photo Doug Hollamby

At Monteray, 1997

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Fort Point, California

Golden Gate, California

U.S. Coast Guard photos

Built: 1965 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Fort Point, California
Montauk, New York

Shinnecock, New York

Photos Doug Hollamby

At Montauk, 1992

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Brant Point, Massachusetts
Block Island, Rhode Island ?-1987

Photos Paul Danie
At Block Island

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Ocean City, Maryland 1966-1998

At Ocean City

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Merrimac River, Massachusetts 1967-?

Point Allerton, Massachusetts

Photo Brian Tague Photography

At Point Allerton

Photos EN3/MKCS William Collette Ret.
At Support Center Boston, Ma. early 90's

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Point Allerton, Massachusetts ?-1972

Point Judith, Rhode Island 1972-?

Sandy Hook, New Jersey

Photo crew of Station Sandy Hook
At Sandy Hook

U.S. Coast Guard photo
The 44352 and other Coast Guard vessels helping the F/V Cara Cara on the 13 September 1966

Photo Canadian Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Being loaded on to the Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker the Edward Cornwallis on the 14th September 1966 at Curtis Bay, Baltimore.

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts

Menemsha, Massachusetts

Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Photo BMCS Jim Lamson Ret.

At Menemsha during the winter of 1980/1981

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Beach Haven, New Jersey
Cape May, New Jersey

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Photo BMC Jack Joffe

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Calumet Harbor, Illinois 1972-1976

Channel Islands Harbor, California

Yaquina Bay, Oregon

Chetco River, Oregon

U.S. Coast Guard photos

Built: 1966 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
New London, Connecticut

Castle Hill, Rhode Island

Chatham, Massachusetts ?-6 May 2004

U.S. Coast Guard photos

At New London

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Townsend Inlet, New Jersey
Group Galveston, Texas

Photo John Olsen
Galveston, circa 1984

Built: 1966 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Muskegon, Michigan

Grand Haven, Michigan ?-1996

Photo Tom Kish
At Grand Haven

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Indian River Inlet, Delaware

 

Photo U.S. Coast Guard

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Coos Bay, Oregon

Depoe Bay, Oregon

Yaquina Bay, Oregon

Photo U.S. Coast Guard Station Coos Bay

At Coos Bay

Photo Sean Unsinger

At Coos Bay

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Cape May, New Jersey

Barnegat Light, New Jersey Circa 1992-1999

Photos Mark Bowden

At Cape May, circa 1976

Photo Doug Hollamby

At Cape May, 1993

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Chetco River, Oregon

Quillayute River, Washington

USCG 44363 together with three of her four crew members, were tragically lost while trying to rescue the crew of a sailing boat in February 1997 (see top of page).

Photo Bill Standeven

At Quillayute, 1980 or 81

Photo BMCS Tom Dye Ret.
At Quillayute, 1980

Built: 1966 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Neah Bay, Washington

Photo MK2 Mike Hazard Ret.
At Neah Bay

Photo Bob Rice USCG Ret.

At Neah Bay 1991, taken just as she was being put in the boat house

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Rockland, Maine

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Oak Island, North Carolina

Photo William Zilke

At Oak Island

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Chincoteague, Virginia

Photo CWO Maurice Etiemble

At Chincoteague

At Chincoteague

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Race Point, Massachusetts

Southwest Harbor, Maine 1 Oct 1996-1998

Photo BMC Mike Saindon

At Southwest Harbor, 1988

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Neah Bay, Washington 1967-1969

Grays Harbor, Washington 1969-1973

Willapa Bay, Washington 1973-1975

Juneau, Alaska 1975

Ketchikan, Alaska 1975-1983

The National Motor Lifeboat School, Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, Washington 1983-2000

 

Photo BMC Tim Stentz

At the NMLBS, 1996

U.S. Coast Guard photos

At the NMLBS

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Ponce De Leon Inlet, Florida
Oregon Inlet, North Carolina

Ocracoke, North Carolina

Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina

Photo Wray A. Gillette

At Ponce De Leon Inlet

 

Built: 1967 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Fort Pierce, Florida

Fort Myers Beach, Florida

Lake Worth Inlet, Florida
Noyo River, California 1981-2000

Photo CWO Darel McCormick

At Noyo River, 1987

Photo BM1 Chris S. Sparkman

At Noyo River

Built: 1966 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Original acquisiton cost - $118,715

Grays Harbor, & Willipa Bay, Washington 1966-1989

Grays Harbor, Washington 1989-1995

Cape Disappointment, Grays Harbor, Neah Bay and Quillayute River, Washington 1995-?

Grays Harbor & Neah Bay, Washington 1996-?

Tillamook Bay, Oregon 1997-?

Grays Harbor, Washington 1998

Photo Steve Sabel

At Willapa Bay, Feb 1977

U.S. Coast Guard photo
At Grays Harbor, 1991

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Depoe Bay, Oregon

Coos Bay, Oregon

Chetco River, Oregon

Coquille River, Oregon

 

 

	Link to Station Depoe Bay & the 44373 accident by Mike Williams
	Link to detailed photos of USCG 44373

U.S. Coast Guard photo

At Depoe Bay, circa 1977

Photo Ken Clarke

At Coquille River

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Calumet Harbor, Illinois
Cleveland, Ohio

Hancock, Michigan

Portage, Michigan

At Portage

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Michigan City, Indiana

Photos BMCS Marc Phillips Ret.

At Michigan City, Spring 1981

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Charlevoix, Michigan

Marquette, Michigan 1993-96

Photos Jay Ansley

At Charlevoix, 1964

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Destin, Florida

Photo John Burks
At Galveston, summer of 1972

Photo SN David Frayer
At Destin, summer of 1991

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Calumet Harbor, Illinois 1974-?
Humboldt Bay, California

Built: 1968 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Tillamook Bay, Oregon

The National Motor Lifeboat School, Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, Washington

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Rochester, New York

Buffalo, New York

Photo Doug Hollamby

At Buffalo, 1991

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Mackinac Island, Michigan

St. Ignace, Michigan

The National Motor Lifeboat School, Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, Washington

Quillayute River, Washington

Photo BMC Tim Stentz

At the NMLBS, 1995

Click here to send this photo as an e-mail card

Photos BMCS Leslie Rex Henley Ret.

Breaking ice at St. Ignace

Built: 1967 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Holland, Michigan

St. Joseph, Michigan

Grand Haven, Michigan ?-1999

Michigan City, Indiana 1999-6 Nov 2002

Photo BMCS Joe Vernier

At Grand Haven, Sep 1998

Photo CWO Maurice Etiemble

At St. Joseph

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Two Rivers, Wisconsin

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

St. Ignace, Michigan

Marquette, Michigan

At Marquette, 1992

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Duluth, Minnesota

Photo Gerry Feld

At Duluth, 1993

Photo PO Jeff Lucas

At Duluth

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Fort Point, California

Golden Gate, California

U.S. Coast Guard photos

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Port O'Conner, Texas

At Port O'Connor, circa 1991

Photos Steve Moyer

The two photos above show 44386 on the beach after she had rolled in 1972 or 73, this happened while she was stationed at Port O'Connor

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Grays Harbor, Washington

Neah Bay, Washington

The National Motor Lifeboat School, Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, Washington
Port Angeles, Washington

U.S. Coast Guard photo

At Cape Flattery

U.S. Coast Guard photo

At the NMLBS

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Frankfort, Michigan

Manistee, Michigan

Photo Bill Phillips

At Frankfort, Nov 1998

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
St. Joseph, Michigan

Photo CWO Maurice Etiemble

Breaking through the ice on the St. Joseph River

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Galloo Island, New York

Oswego, New York

Photo BM3 Ed Powers

Together with CGC Point Steele at Oswego

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Niagara, New York

Tawas, Michigan

Photo CWO G. Brian Whitaker
At Niagara 1986/7

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Juneau, Alaska ?-1975

USCG 44392 was lost at Juneau during a violent storm in 1975

At Auke Bay, Alaska 13 July 1972

U.S. Coast Guard photos

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Quillayute River, Washington

U.S. Coast Guard photos

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Siuslaw River, Oregon

Neah Bay, Washington

Built: 1967 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Port Isabel, Texas

At Port Isabel

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Humboldt Bay, California

Morro Bay, California

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Point Judith, Rhode Island

Menemsha, Massachusetts

Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Chatham, Massachusetts

Provincetown, Massachusetts
Race Point, Massachusetts

Photo BM1 John Westlund

At Chatham

Photo Brian Tague Photography

At Provincetown

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Brant Point, Massachusetts

Photo Brian Tague Photography

At Brant Point

At Brant Point

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Chetco River, Oregon

Coos Bay, Oregon

Quillayute River, Washington
Tillamook Bay, Oregon

Photos Sean Unsinger

At Coos Bay

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Yaquina Bay, Oregon

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Siuslaw River, Oregon

Bodega Bay, California

Umpqua River, Oregon

Photo Sean Unsinger

Photo Eric Childers
At Bodega Bay 14 Sept 1999

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Chatham, Massachusetts

Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Point Judith, Rhode Island

Photo Brian Tague Photography

At Chatham

Photo Fred's Place

At Chatham Fish Pier

Built: ? at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA
Chatham, Massachusetts

Photos BM2 Jason Holm

At Chatham, 10 May 2000

Built: 1972 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA

Original acquisiton cost $158,000