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80-509: In March 2007, newly appointed United States Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen announced that the USCG had withdrawn a contract from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for the construction of an initial flawed design of what would eventually become the Sentinel class. Allen announced that instead of the initial high-tech design Bollinger would build vessels based on an existing design, and

160-776: A Congressional Research Service report revealed that the Coast Guard's long term procurement plan called for the purchase of up to 71 FRCs. Six of the new cutters would be deployed to the Indo-Pacific region for engagement with allies and partner countries. Prior to the deployment of the Marine Protector class, the Coast Guard decided that all its cutters, even its smallest, should be able to accommodate mixed-gender crews. The Sentinel-class cutters are able to accommodate mixed-gender crews. When USCGC  Rollin Fritch

240-538: A council–manager form of city government. Voters elect four councilors by ward and a mayor, who each serve four-year terms. The mayor and council appoint a city manager to conduct the ordinary business of the city. The current mayor is Sean Fitzpatrick, who took office in January 2023. His predecessor, Bruce Jones, served from 2019 to 2022. The Astoria School District has four primary and secondary schools, including Astoria High School . Clatsop Community College

320-461: A European reputation, was approached by John Jacob Astor to mythologize the three-year reign of his Pacific Fur Company. Astoria (1835), written while Irving was Astor's guest, promoted the importance of the region in the American psyche. In Irving's words, the fur traders were " Sinbads of the wilderness", and their venture was a staging point for the spread of American economic power into both

400-523: A cohort of six is stationed with the Coast Guard's largest unit outside the United States, Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA), whose homeport is Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. As many as six more are planned to be stationed in the Indo-Pacific region. A second contract was awarded on December 15, 2009 for an additional three Sentinel-class cutters at a cost of US$ 141 million. By April 2010

480-588: A crew of 22. The Fast Response Cutter deploys the 26-foot (7.9 m) Cutter Boat - Over the Horizon (OTH-IV) for rescues and interceptions. Modifications to the Coast Guard vessels from the Stan 4708 design include an increase in speed from 23 to 28 knots (43 to 52 km/h; 26 to 32 mph), fixed-pitch rather than variable-pitch propellers, stern launch capability, and watertight bulkheads. The vessels are built to ABS High Speed Naval Craft rules and some parts of

560-523: A female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 47.0% were not families. About 38.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.15, and the average family size was 2.86. The median age in the city was 41.9 years; 20.3% of residents were under 18; 8.6% were between 18 and 24; 24.3% were from 25 to 44; 29.9% were from 45 to 64; and 17.1% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of

640-588: A large enough market. From 1921 to 1966, a ferry route across the Columbia River connected Astoria with Pacific County, Washington . In 1966, the Astoria–Megler Bridge was opened. The bridge completed U.S. Route 101 and linked Astoria with Washington on the opposite shore of the Columbia, replacing the ferry service. Today, tourism, Astoria's growing art scene, and light manufacturing are

720-475: A large, prehistoric Native American trade system of the Columbia Plateau . The Lewis and Clark Expedition spent the winter of 1805–1806 at Fort Clatsop, a small log structure southwest of modern-day Astoria. The expedition had hoped a ship would come by that could take them back east, but instead, they endured a torturous winter of rain and cold. They later returned overland and by internal rivers,

800-576: A panoramic view of the town, the surrounding lands, and the Columbia flowing into the Pacific. The tower was built in 1926. Financing was provided by the Great Northern Railway , seeking to encourage tourists, and Vincent Astor , a great-grandson of John Jacob Astor, in commemoration of the city's role in the family's business history and the region's early history. Since 1998, artistically inclined fishermen and women from Alaska and

880-643: A port of entry for over a century and remains the trading center for the lower Columbia basin. In the early 1900s, the Callendar Navigation Company was an important transportation and maritime concern based in the city. It has long since been eclipsed in importance by Portland, Oregon , and Seattle, Washington , as economic hubs on the coast of the Pacific Northwest . Astoria's economy centered on fishing, fish processing, and lumber. In 1945, about 30 canneries could be found along

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960-891: A potential value of US$ 1.74 billion. In 2017, the Coast Guard announced two FRCs would be stationed in Astoria , Oregon starting in 2021. In 2018, the Coast Guard announced four more would be stationed in San Pedro , California in 2018 and 2019. Also in 2018, the Coast Guard revealed plans to eventually homeport a total of six FRCs in Alaska , with one cutter in Sitka , one in Seward , and two in Kodiak , joining two already operating from Ketchikan . Boston, Massachusetts and St. Petersburg, Florida would eventually be FRC homeports. In June 2019,

1040-458: A reduced radar cross-section through shaping. The bridge is equipped with a handheld device that allows crew members to remotely control the ship's functions, including rudder movement and docking. In February 2013, the Department of Homeland Security requested tenders from third party firms to independently inspect the cutters, during their construction, and their performance trials. At

1120-535: A remote-control Mark 38 25 mm Machine Gun System and four crew-served .50-caliber (12.7 mm) M2HB heavy machine guns . They have a bow thruster for maneuvering in crowded anchorages and channels. They have small underwater fins, for coping with the rolling and pitching caused by large waves. They are equipped with a stern launching ramp , like the Marine Protector-class and the eight failed expanded Island-class cutters. They are manned by

1200-525: A shipment of over four tons of cocaine, reported to be the largest drug-bust in the Atlantic Ocean since 1999. Cutters are given tasks like looking for shipping containers full of toxic cargo that have fallen from container ships , as USCGC  Margaret Norvell did in December 2015, when 25 containers fell from the barge Columbia Elizabeth . Similarly, Charles Sexton helped search for

1280-747: A small gathering at a community arts space. Now Fort George Brewery hosts the event, which draws hundreds of visitors and tour buses from Seattle. Astoria is the western terminus of the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail , a 4,250-mile (6,840 km) coast-to-coast bicycle touring route created in 1976 by the Adventure Cycling Association . Three United States Coast Guard cutters : the Steadfast , Alert , and Elm , are homeported in Astoria. According to

1360-540: Is 63 °F (17 °C) set as early in the year as in May during 2008. Nights close to that record are common with the normally warmest night of the year being at 61 °F (16 °C). On average, 191 days have measurable precipitation. The wettest "water year", defined as October 1 through September 30 of the next year, was from 1915 to 1916 with 108.04 in (2,744 mm) and the driest from 2000 to 2001 with 44.50 in (1,130 mm). The most rainfall in one month

1440-622: Is a monthly business magazine covering Astoria, Clatsop County, and the Northwest Oregon coast. It, along with The Astorian , is part of the EO Media Group (formerly the East Oregonian Publishing Company) family of Oregon and Washington newspapers. The local NPR station is KMUN 91.9, and KAST 1370 is a local news-talk radio station. The early 1960s television series Route 66 filmed

1520-402: Is relatively rare, averaging under 5 inches (13 cm) a year and frequently having none. Nevertheless, when conditions are ripe, significant snowfalls can occur. Astoria's monthly average humidity is always over 80% throughout the year, with average monthly humidity reaching a high of 84% from November to March, with a low of 81% during May. The average relative humidity in Astoria is 89% in

1600-528: Is the city's two-year college. The city also has a library and many parks with historical significance, plus the second oldest Job Corps facility (Tongue Point Job Corps) in the nation. Tongue Point Job Corps center is the only such location in the country which provides seamanship training. The Astorian (formerly The Daily Astorian ) is the main newspaper serving Astoria. It was established 152 years ago, in 1873, and has been in continuous publication since that time. The Coast River Business Journal

1680-562: Is to be named as Angela McShan since the 24th cutter (ex-USCGC Donald Horsley ) was renamed as Oliver Berry . In October 2019, the Coast Guard named the namesakes of cutters 55 through 64. They are: Melvin Bell , David Duren , Florence Finch , John Witherspoon , Earl Cunningham , Frederick Mann , Olivia Hooker , Vincent Danz , Jeffrey Palazzo , and Marvin Perrett . United States Coast Guard Commandant The commandant of

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1760-562: The Astoria Regional Airport . U.S. Route 30 and U.S. Route 101 are the main highways, and the 4.1-mile (6.6 km) Astoria–Megler Bridge connects to neighboring Washington across the river. The population was 10,181 at the 2020 census . During archeological excavations in Astoria and Fort Clatsop in 2012, trading items from American settlers with Native Americans were found, including Austrian glass beads and falconry bells. The present area of Astoria belonged to

1840-472: The Bumble Bee Seafoods corporation moved its headquarters out of Astoria and gradually reduced its presence until closing its last Astoria cannery in 1980. The lumber industry likewise declined in the late 20th century. Astoria Plywood Mill, the city's largest employer, closed in 1989. The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway discontinued service to Astoria in 1996, as it did not provide

1920-642: The Tonquin party established Astoria as a U.S., rather than a British, settlement and became a vital post for American exploration of the continent. It was later used as an American claim in the Oregon boundary dispute with European nations. The Pacific Fur Company, a subsidiary of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, was created to begin fur trading in the Oregon Country . During the War of 1812 , in 1813,

2000-663: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 10.11 square miles (26.18 km ), of which 3.95 square miles (10.23 km ) are covered by water. Astoria lies within the Mediterranean climate zone ( Köppen Csb ), with cool winters and mild summers, although short heat waves can occur. Rainfall is most abundant in late fall and winter and is lightest in July and August, averaging about 67 inches (1,700 mm) of rain each year. Snowfall

2080-607: The United States Coast Guard is one of the six military branches of the United States, unlike the other service chiefs, the commandant of the Coast Guard is not a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . The commandant is, however, entitled to the same supplemental pay as each member of the Joint Chiefs, per 37 U.S.C.   § 414(a)(5) ($ 4,000 per annum in 2009), and is accorded privilege of

2160-759: The United States House Committee on Armed Services approved a requirement for the US Navy to study the possibility of buying a version of the FRC, and basing them in Bahrain . In 2019 Lieutenant Commander Collin Fox (USN), and columnist David Axe suggested that, when the US Navy started to develop unmanned patrol ships to replace the Cyclone class , which are similar in size to the Sentinel class,

2240-723: The Chinese tended to do cannery work, and usually lived either downtown or in bunkhouses near the canneries. By the late 1800s, 22% of Astoria's population was Chinese. Astoria also had a significant population of Indians , especially Sikhs from Punjab; the Ghadar Party , a political movement among Indians on the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada to overthrow British rule in India, was officially founded on July 15, 1913, in Astoria. In 1883, and again in 1922 , downtown Astoria

2320-637: The Coast Guard is the service chief and highest-ranking member of the United States Coast Guard . The commandant is an admiral , appointed for a four-year term by the president of the United States upon confirmation by the United States Senate . The commandant is assisted by a vice commandant , who is also an admiral, and two area commanders (U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area and U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area) and two deputy commandants (deputy commandant for operations and deputy commandant for mission support), all of whom are vice admirals . Though

2400-410: The Coast Guard announced it was ordering four more FRCs from Bollinger, to be delivered in 2024. These would be the 56th through 60th cutters of that class. At that time, 40 FRCs had been delivered and 38 had been commissioned. The Coast Guard had recently modified its contract with Bollinger to increase the maximum number of cutters that could be ordered under the contract to 64. The modified contract had

2480-575: The Coast Guard or one of its precursor services. Originally, the first vessel of the class was to be named USCGC Sentinel . In October 2010 the Coast Guard named the first fourteen individuals the vessels will be named after, and has provided biographies of them. They are: Bernard C. Webber , Richard Etheridge , William Flores , Robert Yered , Margaret Norvell , Paul Clark , Charles David Jr , Charles Sexton , Kathleen Moore , Joseph Napier , William Trump , Isaac Mayo , Richard Dixon , Heriberto Hernandez . A second group of eleven names

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2560-850: The Coast Guard publicized ten more names tentatively assigned to cutters 26 through 35. They were: Joseph Gerczak , Richard T. Snyder , Nathan Bruckenthal , Forrest O. Rednour , Robert G. Ward , Terrell Horne III , Benjamin A. Bottoms , Joseph O. Doyle , William C. Hart , and Oliver F. Berry . In December 2017, the Coast Guard announced the names of the 35th through 54th cutters. The twenty namesakes are: Angela McShan , Daniel Tarr , Edgar Culbertson , Harold Miller , Myrtle Hazard , Oliver Henry , Charles Moulthrope , Robert Goldman , Frederick Hatch , Glen Harris , Emlen Tunnell , John Scheuerman , Clarence Sutphin , Pablo Valent , Douglas Denman , William Chadwick , Warren Deyampert , Maurice Jester , John Patterson , and William Sparling . The 35th cutter (ex-USCGC Oliver Berry )

2640-434: The Coast Guard's contract with Bollinger allowed for the order of up to 34 Sentinel-class cutters at a cost of up to US$ 1.5 billion. Even then, the Coast Guard was planning to build a total of 58 Sentinel-class cutters. In September 2013, Marine Link reported that the Coast Guard had placed orders with Bollinger Shipyards for additional cutters, bringing the number of such cutters ordered by then to thirty. In July 2014, it

2720-606: The Columbia River. In the early 20th century, the North Pacific Brewing Company contributed substantially to the economic well-being of the town. Before 1902, the company was owned by John Kopp, who sold the firm to a group of five men, one of whom was Charles Robinson, who became the company's president in 1907. The main plant for the brewery was located on East Exchange Street. As the Pacific salmon resource diminished, canneries were closed. In 1974,

2800-495: The FRC also comply to ABS Naval Vessel Rules. The vessels meet Naval Sea Systems Command standards for two compartment damaged stability and meet the Intact and Damage Stability and reserve buoyancy requirements in accordance with the “Procedures Manual for Stability Analyses of U.S. Navy Small Craft". The vessels have space, weight, and power reserved for future requirements which includes weapons and their systems. The cutters have

2880-647: The Hunted , Come See the Paradise , The Ring Two , Into the Wild , The Guardian and Green Room . Actor Clark Gable is claimed to have begun his career at the Astoria Theatre in 1922. Leroy E. "Ed" Parsons , called the "Father of Cable Television", developed one of the first community antenna television stations (CATV) in the United States in Astoria starting in 1948. The fourth album of

2960-634: The Pacific Northwest have traveled to Astoria for the Fisher Poets Gathering , where poets and singers tell their tales to honor the fishing industry and lifestyle. Another popular annual event is the Dark Arts Festival, which features music, art, dance, and demonstrations of craft such as blacksmithing and glassblowing, in combination with offerings of a large array of dark craft brews. Dark Arts Festival began as

3040-552: The Pacific Ocean. The city is named for John Jacob Astor , an investor and entrepreneur from New York City, whose American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria at the site and established a monopoly in the fur trade in the early 19th century. Astoria was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on October 20, 1856. The city is served by the deepwater Port of Astoria . Transportation includes

3120-537: The Revenue Marine Bureau. In 1849 the Revenue Marine Bureau was dissolved, and the Revenue Marine fell under the control the commissioner of customs until the Revenue Marine Bureau was again established in 1869. There have been 27 commandants of the Coast Guard since the office of chief of the Revenue Marine Bureau was transferred to a military billet. This includes Admiral Linda L. Fagan ,

3200-609: The Rocky Mountains was established in Astoria in 1847 and official state incorporation in 1876. Astoria attracted a host of immigrants beginning in the late 19th century: Nordic settlers, primarily Swedes , Swedish speaking Finns , and Chinese soon became larger parts of the population. The Nordic settlers mostly lived in Uniontown, near the present-day end of the Astoria–Megler Bridge, and took fishing jobs;

3280-533: The September 2022 commissioning of USCGC Douglas Denman , it was announced that she had several upgrades compared to the two cutters deployed to Ketchikan, Alaska six years previously. These include an improved bow thruster and radar system and the addition of a forward-looking infrared camera. Though initially stationed at Ketchikan, Douglas Denman will eventually be homeported at Sitka when port infrastructure improvements have been completed there. In March 2024,

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3360-460: The city was $ 33,011, and for a family was $ 41,446. Males had a median income of $ 29,813 versus $ 22,121 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 18,759. About 11.6% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 22.0% of those under 18 and 9.6% of those 65 or over. Shanghaied in Astoria is a musical about Astoria's history that has been performed in Astoria every year since 1984. Astoria operates under

3440-522: The city was 48.4% male and 51.6% female. As of the 2000 census, 9,813 people, 4,235 households, and 2,469 families resided in the city. The population density was 1,597.6 people per square mile (616.8 people/km ). The 4,858 housing units had an average density of 790.9 per square mile (305.4/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 91.08% White, 0.52% Black or African American, 1.14% Native American, 1.94% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 2.67% from other races, and 2.46% from two or more races. About 5.98% of

3520-533: The combatant commanders of the unified combatant commands , command and control of the Coast Guard goes from the president through the secretary of homeland security (or secretary of defense , when the Coast Guard is acting as a service in the Department of the Navy ) through the commandant. Prior to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, the United States Coast Guard operated under and

3600-440: The commandant reported to the secretary of transportation from 1966 to 2003, and the secretary of the treasury from 1790 until 1966. The current and 27th commandant is Admiral Linda L. Fagan , who assumed office on 1 June 2022. She is the first woman to serve in the role. The title of commandant dates to a 1923 act that distributed the commissioned line and engineer officers of the U.S. Coast Guard in grades. Before 1923,

3680-610: The company's officers sold its assets to their Canadian rivals, the North West Company , which renamed the site Fort George. The fur trade remained under British control until U.S. pioneers following the Oregon Trail began filtering into the town in the mid-1840s. The Treaty of 1818 established joint U.S. – British occupancy of the Oregon Country. Washington Irving , a prominent American writer with

3760-561: The continental interior and outward in Pacific trade. In 1846, the Oregon Treaty divided the mainland at the 49th parallel north , making Astoria officially part of the United States. As the Oregon Territory grew and became increasingly more colonized by Americans, Astoria likewise grew as a port city near the mouth of the great river that provided the easiest access to the interior. The first U.S. post office west of

3840-640: The country's government failed to respond to a fuel request. In February 2024, Clarence Sutphin Jr. intercepted a shipment of weaponry on its way to the Houthi militia in the Red Sea. Charles "Skip" W. Bowen , who was then the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard , is credited with leading the initiative of naming the vessels after enlisted rank individuals who served heroically in

3920-543: The current commandant. Astoria, Oregon Astoria is a port city and the seat of Clatsop County, Oregon , United States. Founded in 1811, Astoria is the oldest city in the state and was the first permanent American settlement west of the Rocky Mountains . The county is the northwest corner of Oregon , and Astoria is located on the south shore of the Columbia River , where the river flows into

4000-457: The episode entitled "One Tiger to a Hill" in Astoria; it was broadcast on September 21, 1962. In recent popular culture, Astoria is most famous for being the setting of the 1985 film The Goonies , which was filmed on location in the city. Other notable movies filmed in Astoria include Short Circuit , The Black Stallion , Kindergarten Cop , Free Willy , Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III , Benji

4080-439: The final 26 Sentinel-class fast-response cutters. That brought to 58 the total number of FRCs that the USCG ordered from Bollinger. Acquiring the 58 cutters was expected to cost the federal government $ 3.8 billion — an average of about $ 65 million per cutter. By June 2016, 38 of the projected 58 FRCs had been ordered and 17 were in service. The Miami and Key West chorts were complete. The 18th fast response cutter, Joseph Tezanos ,

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4160-474: The floor under Senate Rule XXIII(1) as a de facto JCS member during presidential addresses. The commandant maintains operational command over the Coast Guard, unlike the chiefs of the other services, who serve only administrative roles. Thus, while the operational chain of command for the other services (per the Goldwater–Nichols Act ) goes from the president through the secretary of defense to

4240-588: The freighter El Faro when she was lost at sea during Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015. In 2018 and 2019 Oliver Berry and Joseph Gerczak made voyages beyond the design range, on missions from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands and American Samoa . Both voyages took nine days. In August 2022, one of the ships in the Sentinel class, Oliver Henry , was stuck in the Solomon Islands after

4320-513: The historic elements of the city have supplanted fishing in the economy. Since the early 21st century, the microbrewery / brewpub scene and a weekly street market have helped popularize the area as a destination. In addition to the replicated Fort Clatsop, another point of interest is the Astoria Column , a tower 125 feet (38 m) high, built atop Coxcomb Hill above the town. Its inner circular staircase allows visitors to climb to see

4400-462: The hulls and other elements of the robot ships would be based on the Sentinels, and built in the same factory. In August 2021, the Coast Guard exercised its option to order four more Sentinel-class cutters—the 61st through 64th—from Bollinger. Bollinger planned to build the ships at Bollinger's Lockport, Louisiana facility and deliver the first of the four vessels in the fall of 2024 and the last in

4480-618: The main economic activities of the city. Logging and fishing persist, but at a fraction of their former levels. Since 1982 it has been a port of call for cruise ships , after the city and port authority spent $ 10 million in pier improvements to accommodate these larger ships. To avoid Mexican ports of call during the swine flu outbreak of 2009 , many cruises were rerouted to include Astoria. The floating residential community MS The World visited Astoria in June 2009. The town's seasonal sport fishing tourism has been active for several decades. Visitors attracted by heritage tourism and

4560-427: The morning and 73% in the afternoon. Annually, an average of only 4.2 afternoons have temperatures reaching 80 °F (26.7 °C) or higher, and 90 °F or 32.2 °C readings are rare. Normally, only one or two nights per year occur when the temperature remains at or above 60 °F or 15.6 °C. An average of 31 mornings have minimum temperatures at or below the freezing mark. The record high temperature

4640-433: The new program would focus more on existing " off-the-shelf " technology. The design chosen was largely based on the Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessels from the Netherlands firm the Damen Group . The South African government operates three similar 154 ft Lillian Ngoyi -class vessels for environmental and fishery patrol. In September 2008, Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana, was awarded US$ 88 million to build

4720-499: The pop punk band The Ataris was titled So Long, Astoria as an allusion to The Goonies . A song of the same title is the album's first track. The album's back cover features news clippings from Astoria, including a picture of the port's water tower from a 2002 article on its demolition. The pop punk band Marianas Trench has an album titled Astoria . The band states the album was inspired by 1980s fantasy and adventure films, and The Goonies in particular. That film inspired

4800-552: The population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race. By ethnicity, 14.2% were German , 11.4% Irish , 10.2% English, 8.3% United States or American, 6.1% Finnish , 5.6% Norwegian , and 5.4% Scottish according to the 2000 United States Census . Of the 4,235 households, 28.8% had children under 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.7% were not families. About 35.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who

4880-603: The prototype first vessel in its class. That prototype was the first of a projected series of 46.8-meter (154 ft) cutters. In September 2008 the series was expected to comprise a maximum of 24 to 34 cutters but by the time the prototype cutter, which became USCGC Bernard C. Webber , entered service in 2012 the planned number of Sentinel-class cutters had grown to 58. They replaced the 37 remaining aging, 1980s-era 110 ft Island-class patrol boats. USCGC  Bernard C. Webber and all following Sentinel-class vessels are named after enlisted Coast Guard heroes. Bernard C. Webber

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4960-439: The rank and title of the head of the Coast Guard was " captain-commandant ." The rank "captain-commandant" originated in the Revenue Cutter Service in 1908. The original holder of that rank was the Chief of the Revenue Cutter Service (also known as the Revenue Marine). The Coast Guard traces the lineage of commandants back to Captain Leonard G. Shepard , chief of the Revenue Marine Bureau, even though he never officially received

5040-474: The summer of 2025. In 2022, the Coast Guard awarded a $ 30 million contract to install a fixed pier and two floating docks to accommodate FRCs at East Tongue Point in Oregon. The first new cutter is expected to arrive at Astoria, Oregon in March 2024 rather than in 2021 as originally planned. In March 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2022, which provided $ 130 million in funding for two additional FRCs, bringing

5120-420: The title of captain-commandant. The captain-commandant position was created in 1908 when Captain Worth G. Ross was the first to actually hold the position. Although he was retired, Ross's predecessor, Captain Charles F. Shoemaker , was elevated to the rank of captain-commandant. Shoemaker's predecessor, Captain Shepard, had already died and was not elevated to the rank. Chiefs exercised centralized control over

5200-427: The title, as it was set in Astoria, the album's artwork, as well as the title of their accompanying US tour ( Hey You Guys!! ). The film Green Room prominently featured Astoria and the areas surrounding Portland . Two U.S. Navy cruisers were named USS Astoria : A New Orleans-class heavy cruiser (CA-34) and a Cleveland class light cruiser (CL-90) . The former was lost in the Pacific Ocean in combat at

5280-435: The total number to 66. In August 2022, the Coast Guard exercised its contract option for the first of these additional cutters, to be delivered by Bollinger in 2025. This order expanded the total value of the Phase 2 contract with Bollinger Shipyards to US$ 1.8 billion. On May 8, 2024 the Coast Guard exercised a contract option for two additional FRCs, bringing the total vessels built by or under contract with Bollinger to 67 and

5360-455: The total value of the Phase 2 contract to about US$ 2 billion. The two new FRCs are expected to be delivered in fiscal year 2028. The vessels perform various Coast Guard missions which include but are not limited to PWCS (Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security), Defense Operations, Maritime Law Enforcement (Drug/migrant interdiction and other Law Enforcement), Search and Rescue, Marine Safety, and environment protection. The vessels are armed with

5440-439: The way they had traveled west. Today, the fort has been recreated and is part of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park . In 1811, British explorer David Thompson , the first person known to have navigated the entire length of the Columbia River, reached the partially constructed Fort Astoria near the mouth of the river. He arrived two months after the Pacific Fur Company 's ship, the Tonquin . The fort constructed by

5520-511: Was 1,538.5 inhabitants per square mile (594.0/km ). The 4,980 housing units had an average density of 808.4 per square mile (312.1/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 89.2% White, 0.6% African American, 1.1% Native American, 1.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.9% from other races, and 3.3% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 9.8% of the population. Of the 4,288 households, 24.6% had children under 18 living with them, 37.9% were married couples living together, 10.8% had

5600-460: Was 101 °F (38.3 °C) on July 1, 1942, and June 27, 2021. The record low temperature was 6 °F (−14.4 °C) on December 8, 1972, and on December 21, 1990. Even with such a cold record low, afternoons usually remain mild in winter. On average, the coldest daytime high is 36 °F (2 °C) whereas the lowest daytime maximum on record is 19 °F (−7 °C). Even during brief heat spikes, nights remain cool. The warmest overnight low

5680-420: Was 36.07 inches (916.2 mm) in December 1933, and the most in 24 hours was 5.56 inches (141.2 mm) on November 25, 1998. The most snowfall in one month was 26.9 in (68 cm) in January 1950, and the most snow in 24 hours was 12.5 in (32 cm) on December 11, 1922. As of the 2010 census, 9,477 people, 4,288 households, and 2,274 families were residing in the city. The population density

5760-408: Was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.26, and the average family size was 2.93. In the city the age distribution was 24.0% under 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% were 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 89.9 males. The median income for a household in

5840-469: Was announced on April 2, 2014. In 2013 the name of Joseph Napier was reassigned to WPC-1115 when WPC-1110 was named after the recently deceased Commander Raymond Evans . The other ten new namesakes were: Winslow W. Griesser , Richard H. Patterson , Joseph Tezanos , Rollin A. Fritch , Lawrence O. Lawson , John F. McCormick , Bailey T. Barco , Benjamin B. Dailey , Donald R. Horsley , and Jacob L. A. Poroo . The 17th cutter (ex-USCGC Richard Patterson )

5920-426: Was announced that the U.S. Coast Guard had exercised a $ 225 million option at Bollinger Shipyards for construction through 2017 of an additional six Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs), bringing the total number of FRCs under contract with Bollinger to 30. Later that number was increased to 32 cutters. In May 2016, Bollinger Shipyards announced that the U.S. Coast Guard had awarded it a new contract for building

6000-593: Was commissioned, a profile in The Philadelphia Inquirer asserted off-duty crew members had access to satellite television broadcasts. The vessels come equipped with a desalination unit. Press coverage of the vessels' operational histories suggests they have been effective at interdicting refugees who resort to dangerous overloaded small boats, and effective at capturing drug smugglers. The cutters have intercepted smugglers carrying large shipments of drugs. In February 2017 Joseph Napier intercepted

6080-594: Was delivered to the Coast Guard in Key West, Florida, in June 2016 en route to completing the San Juan cohort. On August 9, 2018 the Coast Guard exercised its contract option to order six more Sentinel-class cutters. These would be the 45th through 50th cutters of that class. With this order, the total value of orders under the contract grew to almost US$ 929 million. On August 21 the 30th fast response cutter, Robert Ward ,

6160-502: Was delivered. On July 31, 2019 the Coast Guard exercised its contract option to order another six Sentinel-class cutters. These would be the 51st through 56th cutters of that class. With this order, the total value of orders under the contract grew to about US$ 1.23 billion. Under the contract, the Coast Guard could order as many as 58 cutters, at a total cost of US$ 1.42 billion. The six new cutters were expected to be delivered starting in late 2022 and ending in late 2023. In September 2020,

6240-473: Was devastated by fire, partly because the buildings were constructed mostly of wood, a readily available material. The buildings were entirely raised off the marshy ground on wooden pilings. Even after the first fire, the same building format was used. In the second fire, flames spread quickly again, and the collapsing streets took out the water system. Frantic citizens resorted to dynamite , blowing up entire buildings to create fire stops. Astoria has served as

6320-732: Was launched in April 2011, and commissioned in April 2012 at the Port of Miami. She and five sister ships are stationed in Miami , Florida . The second cohort of six vessels is homeported in Key West, Florida . The third cohort of six vessels is homeported in San Juan, Puerto Rico . As of October 2024, the Coast Guard plans to station most of the Sentinel-class cutters in the United States, but

6400-488: Was renamed as Donald Horsley after request of the Patterson Family, and the 24th cutter (ex-USCGC Donald Horsley ) then was renamed as Oliver Berry . In July 2014, Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft announced that the Coast Guard would name an additional cutter after Senior Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne , the first Coast Guard member to be murdered in the line of duty since 1927. In February 2015,

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