52-foot Motor Lifeboat
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The United States Coast Guard operated four 52-foot Motor Lifeboats, also known as "special purpose craft — heavy weather", from 1956 until 2021. The 52' MLBs supplemented its fleet of 227 47-foot Mot
The four 52' MLBs: Invincible, Intrepid, Triumph, and Victory (L-R)
USCG Invincible II heavy weather motor lifeboat
United States Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, situated near Cape Disappointment, Washington, at the mouth of the Columbia River, is the largest United States Coast Guard search and rescue sta
52-foot Motor Lifeboat
…52312 Coast Guard Yard November 29, 1956 Yaquina Bay Laid up Invincible II 52313 October 11, 1960 Grays Harbor Laid up Triumph II 52314 April 1, 1961 Cape Disappointment Laid up Intrepid 52315 October 11, 1961 Coos Bay Laid up Notes See also 36-foot Motor Lifeboat 44-foot Motor Lifeboat 47-foot Motor Lifeboat References…
A 47' MLB in heavy surf
Cape Disappointment; the Pacific Ocean is in the foreground, and the mouth of the Columbia is to the right
47' MLB CG-47206 practicing in heavy surf near Cape Disappointment with students from the National Motor Lifeboat School (2011)