Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay is an active duty Coast Guard Station as well as a nationally recognized historic site. A station has been operating in Tillamook Bay since 1908. The station was opened by the United States Life-saving Service a precursor agency to the United States Coast Guard. The current station has been in continuous operation since 1942. In 1909 station crew rescued the complement of the coastal steam Argo. The station was designated a historic site in 1983.