The pendleton disaster off cape cod : the greatest small boat rescue in coast guard history : a true story

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...

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Main Author: Barbo, Theresa M.
Format: EBOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: Arcadia Publishing 2010
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