36-foot motor lifeboat

The United States Coast Guard's series of motor lifeboats included a class of 36 foot motor lifeboats. The Coast Guard built the first of version these vessels in 1929 (Type "T"), and retired the last active version (Type "TRS" 1937–1956), in 1987 (CG-36535 Station Depoe Bay OR) as they were replaced by the 44 foot Steel Hull Motor Lifeboat. CG 36500 was retired from active service in 1968, and has since been restored and preserved as a floating museum. These vessels are remembered for the daring rescues Coast Guard seamen performed, using them.

For the 36-foot USCG picket boat in 1925, see 36-foot picket boat (USCG).
MLB CG-36503, off the South Jetty of the Siuslaw River Bar, Florence Oregon (circa 1973-1974).
Class overview
Name36' MLB
OperatorsUnited States Coast Guard
Succeeded by44-foot motor lifeboat
In service1929–1970's
Planned218
Completed218
Active0
General characteristics
Length36 ft (11 m)

Unlike the Coast Guard's more recent motor lifeboat, the 47 foot motor lifeboat, the 36 foot class was piloted entirely from an open cockpit, where crew-members were exposed to the elements. This was a hardship for the crew, as many rescues were of mariners at risk precisely because their vessels were at risk due to bad weather.

The most memorable rescue performed using a 36-foot lifeboat was that of crew members of the stricken SS Pendleton by CG 36500 under the command of Boatswain's Mate Bernard C. Webber.[1][2][3][4] The 2016 feature film The Finest Hours is based on the 1952 Pendleton rescue.

36 foot motor lifeboats on display
Station Grand Marais motor life boat is now at the Munising Coast Guard Station Museum, at Sand Point in Munising, Michigan
Hull No. City State Name of Location
CG-36460 South Haven Michigan Michigan Maritime Museum
CG-36498 Port Orford Oregon Port Orford Life Boat Station Museum
CG-36500 Orleans Massachusetts Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat 36500 Exhibit
CG-36503 Newport Oregon Coast Guard Station Newport[5]
CG-36504 South Haven Michigan Michigan Maritime Museum
CG-36515 Samoa California Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay
CG-36527 Duluth Minnesota Coast Guard Station Duluth
CG-36528 Munising Michigan Munising Coast Guard Station Museum
CG-36531 Garibaldi Oregon Coast Guard Memorial[6]
Unknown Glen Haven Michigan Glen Haven Cannery Boathouse
Unknown Winchester Bay Oregon Umpqua River Lighthouse Museum

References
  1. Dan Lamothe (13 July 2015). "The real-life story behind Disney's forthcoming Coast Guard rescue movie, 'The Finest Hours'". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015.
  2. "Bernard C. Webber, USCG 1928–2009". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. Stephanie Young (27 October 2010). "Coast Guard Heroes". United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  4. Russell Webster, Captain W. (December 2001). "The Pendleton Rescue". wrussellwebster.com.
  5. Mariner, Cosmos (2 February 2018). "United States Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36503". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  6. "Blessing of the Fleet". Visit Garibaldi. 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

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