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The Finest Hours by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman details the perilous maritime disasters and the heroic rescue operations undertaken by the U.S. Coast Guard. The book chronicles the tankers' structural weaknesses that caused them to break apart in the raging seas.
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Check more about The Finest Hours Summary. In the gripping narrative of "The Finest Hours" by Michael J. Tougias, readers are plunged into the heart of a daring historical rescue at sea—the harrowing story of the 1952 U.S. Coast Guard operation to save the crews of two oil tankers that were catastrophically split in half during a brutal nor ...
Mar 26, 2014 · In the winter of 1932, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years, wreaking havoc on land and creating a wind-whipped peril of the freezing Atlantic. In the early hours of Monday, February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the Fort Mercer and the Pendleton, broke in two. The Coast Guard raced its cutters to the ...
“The Finest Hours” is an amazing story of a treacherous sea rescue mission, taking place off the coast of Cape Cod during a howling Nor'easter. This adrenaline filled book by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman is a must read for anyone who is looking for an amazing survival story.
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The Finest Hours is the gripping, true story of the valiant Coast Guard attempt to rescue the souls huddling inside the broken halves of the two ships. Extensive research and firsthand interviews combine to create an unforgettable tale of heroism, triumph, and tragedy.
On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst nor'easters that New England had ever seen, two oil tankers off the coast of Cape Cod were literally torn in half. With the storm in full force and waves up to 70 feet high, four coast guardsmen headed out to sea in a tiny lifeboat to come to the rescue.
The Finest Hours “You have to go out, you don’t have to come back.” What Bernie Weber, Richard Livesey, Andy Fitzgerald and Ervin Maske accomplished on the night of February 18, 1952 is considered the greatest small boat rescue in United States Coast Guard History. They rescued 32 stranded crewmen from the SS Pendleton,
