The Pendleton Disaster Off Cape Cod
Title | The Pendleton Disaster Off Cape Cod PDF eBook |
Author | Theresa Mitchell Barbo |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2010-09-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 161423020X |
A first-hand account and fascinating new details of the 1952 rescue of the SS Pendleton, the true story behind the film The Finest Hours. On February 18, 1952, off the coast of Cape Cod, a fierce nor’easter snapped in half two 503-foot oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer. Human grace and grit, leadership and endurance prevail as Theresa Mitchell Barbo and Captain W. Russell Webster (Ret.) recount the historic, heroic rescue of thirty-two merchant mariners from the sinking Pendleton by four young Coast Guardsmen aboard the 36-foot motor lifeboat CG 36500. A foreword by former Commandant Admiral Thad Allen (Ret.) and an essay by Master Chief John “Jack” Downey (Ret.), a veteran of thousands of modern-day small boat rescues, round out the special third edition of this classic work on Coast Guard history.
The Pendleton Disaster Off Cape Cod
Title | The Pendleton Disaster Off Cape Cod PDF eBook |
Author | Theresa Mitchell Barbo |
Publisher | History Press (SC) |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781609490508 |
On February 18, 1952, off the coast of Cape Cod, a fierce nor'easter snapped in half two 503-foot oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer. Human grace and grit, leadership and endurance prevail as Theresa Mitchell Barbo and Captain W. Russell Webster (Ret.) recount the historic, heroic rescue of thirty-two merchant mariners from the sinking Pendleton by four young Coast Guardsmen aboard the 36-foot motor lifeboat CG36500. A foreword by former Commandant Admiral Thad Allen (Ret.) and an essay by Master Chief John Jack" Downey (Ret.), a veteran of thousands of modern-day small boat rescues, round out the special third edition of this classic work on Coast Guard history."
The Finest Hours
Title | The Finest Hours PDF eBook |
Author | Michael J. Tougias |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2015-12-08 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 150110683X |
The 1952 Coast Guard mission to save the crews of two oil tankers that were torn in half by the force of one of New England's worst nor'easters.
The Pendleton Disaster Off Cape Cod
Title | The Pendleton Disaster Off Cape Cod PDF eBook |
Author | Theresa Mitchell Barbo |
Publisher | History Press Library Editions |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2010-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781540205124 |
On February 18, 1952, off the coast of Cape Cod, a fierce nor'easter snapped in half two 503-foot oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer. Human grace and grit, leadership and endurance prevail as Theresa Mitchell Barbo and Captain W. Russell Webster (Ret.) recount the historic, heroic rescue of thirty-two merchant mariners from the sinking Pendleton by four young Coast Guardsmen aboard the 36-foot motor lifeboat CG36500. A foreword by former Commandant Admiral Thad Allen (Ret.) and an essay by Master Chief John "Jack" Downey (Ret.), a veteran of thousands of modern-day small boat rescues, round out the special third edition of this classic work on Coast Guard history.
The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History
Title | The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History PDF eBook |
Author | Theresa M. Barbo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Shipwrecks |
ISBN |
Two Tankers Down
Title | Two Tankers Down PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Frump |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2008-08-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1599216477 |
A riveting account of the greatest small-boat rescue in American history.
Lost in Charleston’s Waves
Title | Lost in Charleston’s Waves PDF eBook |
Author | Capt. W. Russell Webster USCG |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 155 |
Release | 2018-12-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1984567594 |
The three most important people in my life—my husband and our two sons—along with a cherished nephew perished in a horrific boating accident off Charleston in 1997. I thought my life was over the night I received the cryptic phone call from a family pastor in Florida, asking me if I knew if more bodies had been found. From that awkward moment forward, I began to live every mother's and wife's nightmare. This book, so eloquently crafted by Capt. W. Russell Webster, will honor my family and detail the mistakes that were made and ensure that the many positive changes that have come from this tragedy are memorialized appropriately for future sailors and rescuers alike.