All the Men in the Sea: The Untold Story of One of the Greatest Rescues in History

by Michael Krieger

Book Overview

THE HARROWING TRUE STORY OF ONE OF THE GREATEST SEA RESCUES IN HISTORY. In 1995, Hurricane Roxanne ravaged the Gulf of Mexico, with 90 mph winds and waves up to forty feet. Off the coast of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743227085
• ISBN13: 9780743227087
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

great story of a bad occurence

This book takes place in 1995 in the gulf of mexico on the DLB-269 which derrick lay barge which was used to lay completed sections of pipe on the ocean floor to get oil and gas from the oil fields to the yucatan peninsula.The 269 was home to 245 men who were riggers divers mechanics and support crew.This story describes the men who work on the barge and the work they along with the rush to complete so the company they work for could get a 27 million dollar payment on a contract they where behind on . It also follows the fateful decisions concerning the diving crew who were going threw decompression in a diving bell having to be there from working at depths of a 160 feet and the barge it self laying the path of hurricane roxanne and why they were left at sea instead of allowing to go to safe harbor this was a great book of terrible tragdey read this book