Lightships, Lighthouses, and Lifeboat Stations

Lightships, Lighthouses, and Lifeboat Stations
Title Lightships, Lighthouses, and Lifeboat Stations PDF eBook
Author Bernie Webber
Publisher Universal-Publishers
Pages 191
Release 2015-12-07
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1627340629

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Lightships, Lighthouses and Lifeboat Stations is part history book, part memoir, written by Bernie Webber, recipient of the Coast Guard’s highest award, the Gold Life-saving Medal, and hero of the Disney movie The Finest Hours. While the public will recognize Webber’s name from the movie and the bestselling book by the same name, few people know that during his lengthy Coast Guard career he served on lightships (ships anchored in dangerous areas to warn other vessels of hazards) in addition to lifeboat stations (small boat rescue stations) and lighthouses. Webber poses the following question: “How did the lightship men cope with the isolation, constant loneliness, boredom, fear, or just sheer terror? All were part of life on board a lightship. Rough seas tossed the ship about, rearing up and down the anchor chain. This was a world of isolation, noise from operating machinery, and blasts from the powerful foghorn that went on for hours, sometimes days, at a time.” Webber answers that question in this book, drawing on a combination of personal experience and meticulous historical research. Discussions of men going mad, lightships being run down by larger ships, anchor chains breaking, and lightships cast upon shoals are offset with humorous stories and the author’s reflections on his best days at sea. Webber also explains some of the heroic actions of a few lightship men over the years, and points out that they received no recognition at the time. The isolation these men faced was intense, but they learned to make do with what they had. Fourteen historic photos are included, as well as a Foreword by Michael Tougias.

Lightship

Lightship
Title Lightship PDF eBook
Author Brian Floca
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 48
Release 2013-11-19
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1481409875

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You may never have heard of a lightship. Once, lightships anchored on waters across America, on the oceans and in the Great Lakes, floating where lighthouses could not be built. Smaller than most ships, but more steadfast, too, they held their spots, through calm and storm, to guide sailors toward safe waters. In these pages one lightship and her crew (and cat) again hold their place. The crew goes again from bow to stern, from keel to mast, to run their engines, shine their lights, and sound their horns. They run the small ship that guides the large ships. They are the crew (and cat) that work to make the ocean safe, that hold their place, so other ships can sail. Come aboard!

Lighthouses, Lightships, and the Gulf of Mexico

Lighthouses, Lightships, and the Gulf of Mexico
Title Lighthouses, Lightships, and the Gulf of Mexico PDF eBook
Author David L. Cipra
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 1997
Genre Lighthouses
ISBN 9780963641212

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ISBN 0963641212 LCCN 96072414.

The Story of Our Lighthouses and Lightships

The Story of Our Lighthouses and Lightships
Title The Story of Our Lighthouses and Lightships PDF eBook
Author William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher
Pages 388
Release 1891
Genre Lighthouses
ISBN

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Lightships and Lighthouses

Lightships and Lighthouses
Title Lightships and Lighthouses PDF eBook
Author Frederick A. Talbot
Publisher
Pages 462
Release 1913
Genre Lighthouses
ISBN

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Lighthouse Tales

Lighthouse Tales
Title Lighthouse Tales PDF eBook
Author Frederick Stonehouse
Publisher Gwinn, Mich. : Avery Color Studios
Pages 194
Release 1998
Genre History
ISBN

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"Stories of wreck and rescue, death and sacrifice, all thread their way through the pages of this remarkable tribute to the 'wickies' of a bygone era. The book speaks of the courage of the old time keepers and their families, not just in rescuing shipwreck victims but also in the tenacity of their daily lives ... Narratives include : The thrilling story of the steamer "George W. Perkins" and it's close encounter with the Lansing Shoal Light during the height of the infamous 1940 Armistice Day storm ; Superior Shoal and the lighthouse that wasn't ; The death of six brave Coast Guardsmen at Oswego, New York in 1942 ; Poverty Island Light and the mysterious treasure ..."--Back cover.

Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States

Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States
Title Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States PDF eBook
Author George Rockwell Putnam
Publisher Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
Pages 404
Release 1917
Genre Lighthouses
ISBN

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