Rosecrans rescue was one of Coast Guard’s finest hours

Published: Aug. 15, 2019, 2 p.m.

Two motor lifeboat crews went out on the bar to save three surviving sailors. Both boats went to the bottom of the sea — but not a man was lost on either crew, and all the survivors were rescued. (Columbia River Bar, Clatsop County; 1913) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1506c.cursed-ships-rosecrans-344.html)