Finest Hours: The True Story of the U. S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue

from Castlelass

This book tells the true story of a 1952 Coast Guard rescue mission off the coast of Cape Cod, where two oil tankers, the Fort Mercer and the Pendleton, each broke into two sections, thirty miles apart, in the same storm. Fighting towering waves, the Coast Guard crews try various methods to get t...

from LisCarey

In February 1952, New England was being battered by one of the worst nor'easters in years, and two oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer, both broke in two. The two tankers were both built of "dirty steel," and were welded, not riveted. Both things made them more brittle and more at ris...

from Chris177

This book is a testament to the bravery and courage of the men of the United States Coast Guard. In the winter of 1952, two, yes two, tankers split in half during a violent storm raging off of the coast of Massachusetts. Each of the four pieces had people on board. The men of the US Coast Guard r...

from bell7

On Febraury 18, 1952, a nor'easter swept through Cape Cod and the seas. Caught in the storm, two oil tankers - the Pendleton and the Mercer - split in half. Back on shore, the Coast Guard launched a daring rescue on 36 foot lifeboats attempting to save both crews' lives in dangerous waters, high ...

from ladypembroke

What an amazing story. Two tankers break in half off the coast of Cape Cod during a horrible storm in 1952, and a bunch of Coast Guard lifeboats and cutters make daring rescue attempts to save as many people as possible. Soon to be a movie, but I decided to read the book instead. Usually, this ty...