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Tougias, Mike, 1955-

Finest hours : the true story of the U.S. Coast Guard's most daring sea rescue / Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman. - New York : Scribner 2015 - 204 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : photographs ; 21 cm

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.

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.

ISBN: 150110683X 9781501106835 1416567224 9781416567226 1416567305 9781416567301 7770682029 9787770682025 7770682053 9787770682056 0805097643 9780805097641 1250044235 9781250044235 1501127179 9781501127175

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Pendleton (Tanker)
Fort Mercer (Tanker)
CG36500 (Lifeboat)
CG36500 (Lifeboat)
Pendleton (Tanker)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Massachusetts Chatham History.--History.--Massachusetts--Chatham
Shipwreck survival--History.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Shipwrecks.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Massachusetts--Chatham.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: G530.P418 / T68 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 910.9163/46