Shipwreck of the Mesquite: Death of a United States Coast Guard Cutter

by Frederick Stonehouse

Book Overview

Non fiction account of the running aground and eventual sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Mesquite in Lake Superior. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 094223510X
• ISBN13: 9780942235104
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Lake Superior Port Cities
• Length: 101 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Great story, EXCELLENT photos

A few years back I borrowed this book from my local library. The TRUE story of the Cutter Mesquite is very intruiging, but I must say the best part of the book is the crystal-clear full color underwater photos of the wreck. Unlike most underwater wreck photos, these are bright, clear, in color and best of all interesting. You can see photos of a file cabinet with one drawer open and tons of soaked files still hanging from it. Also a xerox machine, and other office supplies and crew supplies that were perfectly good and usable but for some reason were not removed from the Mesquite before it was scuttled. It looks as though it was business as usual on the cutter right up until the very end. Unfortunately this book is out-of-print, and I cannot seem to find it on ebay. A shame. Let's hope they re-issue it very soon! A must for Great Lakes wreck enthusiasts!