TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tougias,Mike
AU  - Sherman,Casey
TI  - Finest hours: the true story of the U.S. Coast Guard's most daring sea rescue 
SN  - 150110683X
AV  - G530.P418 T68 2015
U1  - 910.9163/46 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scribner
KW  - Pendleton (Tanker)
KW  - Fort Mercer (Tanker)
KW  - CG36500 (Lifeboat)
KW  - fast
KW  - Massachusetts Chatham History
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Chatham
KW  - History
KW  - Shipwreck survival
KW  - Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc
KW  - Shipwrecks
N1  - Chatham Lifeboat Station -- The Pendleton -- The Fort Mercer -- "It can't be true" -- "You got to take the 36500 out" -- Blowout at Chatham Bar -- Chatham mobilizes -- "He came to the surface floating" -- Losing all hope: on board the Pendleton stern -- All but one: the rescue of the Pendleton stern -- Thirty-six men in a thirty-six-foot boat -- Pandemonium in Chatham -- The Mercer's bow capsizes -- A maneuver for the ages -- Tuesday at Chatham Station -- Thirteen men still on board -- Search of the Pendleton bow -- The inquiry -- Being labeled a hero can be a burden -- Tanker trouble -- Beyond the rescue -- The restoration -- Epilogue: They were young once
N2  - Documents the 1952 Coast Guard mission to save the crews of two oil tankers that were torn in half by the force of one of New England's worst nor'easters
ER  -