The Pendleton Disaster Off Cape Cod: The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History (Updated) - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Theresa Mitchell Barbo, Rusell Webster, W. Russell WebsterPublish date:2010-09-10Pages:162
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540205124ISBN-10:1540205126UPC:9781540205124Book Category:History, Travel, NatureBook Subcategory:United States, Natural DisastersBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC4TE1PYDH
The Pendleton Disaster Off Cape Cod: The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History (Updated)
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540205124ISBN-10:1540205126UPC:9781540205124Book Category:History, Travel, NatureBook Subcategory:United States, Natural DisastersBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC4TE1PYDH
Barbo, Theresa Mitchell: - Theresa M. Barbo is the founding director of the annual Cape Cod Maritime History Symposium, partnered with the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, now in its fifteenth year. She presents illustrated lectures on maritime history and contemporary marine public policy before civic groups and educational audiences. Her area of expertise in merchant marine research is on...
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