The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell, a 100-foot inland buoy tender home-ported in Portland, Ore., stands wearing their service dress blue uniforms in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month April 3, 2013.
The master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, to raise awareness of sexual assault awareness month, requested that all chief petty officers wear their service dress blue uniforms and the Bluebell's crew took the initiative to each wear it.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Caleb Porter.
PORTLAND, Ore. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell is celebrating the ship’s 70th anniversary at Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Portland, Friday.
Commissioned on April 4, 1945, Bluebell has continually served the Pacific Northwest for the past 70 years.
Bluebell is a 100-foot, inland buoy tender, homeported in Portland. It is the second oldest ship in the Coast Guard and the oldest ship west of the Mississippi. The 15-member crew is responsible for maintaining more than 420 aids to navigation covering 500 miles of the Columbia, Willamette and Snake Rivers. Altogether, the Bluebell’s crew is responsible for 23 percent of the ATON in the Pacific Northwest.
WHO: Past and present crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell, and members of surrounding Coast Guard units.WHAT: In honor of the 70th anniversary of the cutter, a ceremony will be held at Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Portland WHERE: Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Portland, 6767 N. Basin Ave. Portland, OR 97217.WHEN: April 3, 2015, 10 a.m.
Media interested in attending the event must R.S.V.P. by 4 p.m. Thursday with Chief Petty Officer David Mosley at 206-819-9154.
For more information on the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell, visit: http://goo.gl/vREG2D
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