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The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue
The Finest Hours The True Story of the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue
Author: Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman
In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor’easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic became a wind-whipped zone of peril, setting the stage for one of the most heroic rescue stories ever lived. — In the early hours of Monday, February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781416567226
ISBN-10: 1416567224
Publication Date: 4/13/2010
Pages: 224
Edition: 1 Reprint
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3.5 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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reviewed The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue on + 372 more book reviews
Just, OK. Lots of filler story of backgrounds and after the event. A story once again of corruption between the boat owners and the government inspection services. These Liberty ship should never have been used after the war. The dirty steel and welded construction made them unsafe ships, but they used them anyway.
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Matter-of-fact telling of an account of the rescue efforts of the Coast Guard during a horrific winter storm. Two tankers in the same area were split in two by the 70 ft. waves. One was able to issue an SOS signal; the other was spotted by a rescue plane. Cape Cod area Coast Guard units braved the bitter cold/winds to rescue survivors of both ships.


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