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The Pendleton Disaster off Cape Cod

The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History

The Pendleton Disaster off Cape Cod( )
Foreword by: Allen (Ret.), Admiral Thad
Series title:Disaster Ser.
ISBN:978-1-60949-050-8
Publication Date:Sep 2010
Publisher:Arcadia Publishing
Imprint:History Press, The
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $21.99
Book Description:

Get a first-hand account and fascinating new details of the story behind The Finest Hours, the film portraying the harrowing rescue of the SS Pendleton in 1952.

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...
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Book Details
Pages:160
Detailed Subjects: Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History
Biography & Autobiography / Survival
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.37 Inches
Book Weight:0.038 Pounds



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