Maritime News - PRWeb Press Release Group http://www.rsspad.com/rss2/14078.xml An update on maritime news from across the world. - Powered by PRWeb and RSSPad en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 "Two Tankers Down," Story of Coast Guard's Greatest Cape Cod Rescue, Releases http://www.prweb.com/releases/coast_guard_rescue/cape_cod_rescue/prweb1126994.htm "Two Tankers Down," the story of the rescue of officers and crew from the tankers the SS Fort Mercer and the SS Pendleton, has been released by Lyons Press. Maritime Writer Robert R. Frump, author of "Until the Sea Shall Free Them," is the author of the new book, which tells the story of Bernard C. Webber, a young Coast Guardsman who steers his small boat through mountainous oceans. It is considered the greatest small boat rescue in U.S. Coast Guard history. (PRWeb Jul 21, 2008)

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]]> Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/coast_guard_rescue/cape_cod_rescue/prweb1126994.htm "Two Tankers Down" Breaks New Ground in Famous Cape Cod Rescue http://www.prweb.com/releases/rescue/shipwreck/prweb876454.htm A new book by maritime writer Robert R. Frump tells for the first time the complete story of the rescue effort to save crew members of the SS Pendleton and the SS Fort Mercer. The rescues, which occurred in February 1952, widely are regarded as the Coast Guard's "Finest Hours," as a Collier's Magazine article described them. The book, Two Tankers Down, tells the story of some of the Coast Guard greatest rescue heroes. It is subtitled, "The U.S. Coast Guards Most Incredible Rescue." (PRWeb Apr 22, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/rescue/shipwreck/prweb876454.htm 'Two Tankers Down' Chronicles Famous Coast Guard Cape Cod Rescue http://www.prweb.com/releases/CapeCod/rescue/prweb854404.htm Author Robert R. Frump has written a story of one of the most famous rescues in U.S. Coast Guard history. Two oil tankers, the SS Pendleton and the SS Fort Mercer, split in half off Chatham, MA., on February 18, 1952. More than 1,000 Coast Guard rescuers in planes and cutters rushed to the scene. In the end, though the lifeboatmen, rescuers in small boats challenging huge seas, were key to some of the most dramatic rescues ever performed. Bernard Webber and the CG 36500 rescue boat played a central role in the Cape Cod rescue, but Frump's book breaks new ground in detailing the Fort Mercer rescue. (PRWeb Apr 14, 2008)

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