{"product_id":"the-pendleton-disaster-off-cape-cod-the-greatest-small-boat-rescue-in-coast-guard-history-9781609490508","title":"The Pendleton Disaster Off Cape Cod: The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGet a first-hand account and fascinating new details of the story behind \u003ci\u003eThe Finest Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, the film portraying the harrowing rescue of the SS Pendleton in 1952.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn February 18, 1952, off the coast of Cape Cod, a fierce nor'easter snapped in half two 503-foot oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer. Human grace and grit, leadership and endurance prevail as Theresa Mitchell Barbo and Captain W. Russell Webster (Ret.) recount the historic, heroic rescue of thirty-two merchant mariners from the sinking Pendleton by four young Coast Guardsmen aboard the 36-foot motor lifeboat CG36500. A foreword by former Commandant Admiral Thad Allen (Ret.) and an essay by Master Chief John Jack Downey (Ret.), a veteran of thousands of modern-day small boat rescues, round out the special third edition of this classic work on Coast Guard history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609490508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.84h x 6.02w x 0.42d","brand":"Theresa Mitchell Barbo, Captain W. Russell Webster Uscg (Ret ).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43271893385397,"sku":"9781609490508","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_dda3925f-0543-48cd-ab3d-656f3b2a2e8c.jpg?v=1699958362","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-pendleton-disaster-off-cape-cod-the-greatest-small-boat-rescue-in-coast-guard-history-9781609490508","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}