30' surf rescue boat

The 30 foot surf rescue boat is a lifeboat that the United States Coast Guard has used in recent years.

[1][2] The 30' SRB was self-righting and self baling and designed with marked differences from the typical lifeboats used by the Coast Guard up until the early 1980s.

Designed to perform search and rescue in adverse weather and surf the first 30' SRB was built by the Willard Boat Company in Fountain Valley, California.

Since 1997 and the introduction of the faster 47' MLB and the phasing out of the 44' MLBs the need for a quick response vessel diminished making the 30 footers obsolete.

The class of vessels underwent an overhaul in the early nineties to extend their life until the newer and faster 47' motor lifeboats came into service and in the late 1990s most of the 30 footers were de-commissioned.

Umpqua Siuslaw River CG-30609 surf rescue boat. Built by Willard Company, in Fountain Valley, California in 1982. On display at Westport Maritime Museum, Westport, Washington .