Coast Guard Station Point Adams

In the 1930s the base was the home of the Coast Guard's first USCGC Triumph, a 52 feet (16 m) motor lifeboat.

The sea was so heavy both lifeboats capsized, and their waterlogged engines were rendered inoperable, forcing the crew to fall back on oars.

Wicklund and Alfred Rimer, the Tenacious's skipper, opted to row to the Columbia River Lightship.

[1] It was subsequently transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has employed it as a fishery research centre.

[4] Its location at the mouth of the largest river on the US West Coast makes it an ideal site for fishery research.