Two Tankers Down: The Greatest Small-Boat Rescue in U.S. Coast Guard History

by Robert Frump

Book Overview

Off the coast of Cape Cod in 1950, a February blizzard tore not one but two oil tankers in half. This is the suspenseful true story of a U.S. Coast Guard captain and his small crew who were called out to rescue the tanker crews without a cutter or chopper or a sea plane. But Captain Bernie Weber knew well the infamous Coast Guard motto: "You have to go out. You don't have to come back." He took a small boat and crew out in 60-foot waves and rescued...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599213370
• ISBN13: 9781599213378
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"