Coast Guards dramatic rescue saved ship for Stalins most notorious gulag

Published: Aug. 14, 2024, 2 p.m.

Norwegian freighter got off course, piled onto Peacock Spit; a cutter pulled it off, and motor lifeboat crews rescued its crew, and the wallowing ship was pulled to port and repaired. A happy ending? Well, not for the Russians, it wasn't. (Columbia River Bar, Clatsop County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1105a-coast-guard-rescued-future-soviet-gulag-ship.html)