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On February 18, 1952, while en route from New Orleans to Boston, Pendleton broke in two in a gale south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. [1] A United States Coast Guard Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft was diverted from searching for another T2 tanker, Fort Mercer, to search for Pendleton, and located both sections. At this point, the Coast Guard ...
Bernard Challen Webber (May 9, 1928 – January 24, 2009) was a United States Coast Guardsman. [ 1][ 2] He was a petty officer assigned to Coast Guard Station Chatham, Massachusetts, where one of his duties was that of coxswain of Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500. Webber and his crew of three rescued the crew of the stricken T2 tanker SS ...
Coast Guard Station Chatham. / 41.6716; -69.9499. United States Coast Guard Station Chatham is a United States Coast Guard station located in Chatham, Massachusetts. The station was the site of the famous 1952 Pendleton rescue .
On 18 February 1952, Acushnet participated in what is listed as one of the ten most significant Coast Guard rescues. The tanker SS Fort Mercer split in two in a fierce storm off Cape Cod, and Acushnet took 18 men off the stern of Fort Mercer in heavy seas. The ships collided twice and the merchant seamen jumped to the safety of Acushnet ' s ...
An 82-foot (25 m) long fishing vessel, lost in a storm about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Provincetown, Massachusetts with four crew members aboard, all presumed deceased. [2] [3] General Greene United States Coast Guard: 6 March 1960 A United States Coast Guard Cutter that was blown onto a beach at Sandwich while disabled in storm. Horatio Hall
Aerial support from the Coast Guard’s air station in Cape Cod was provided, consisting of an MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew and a HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew being sent to the scene.
Daniel Webster Cluff (July 4, 1916 – March 5, 1989) was a United States Coast Guard officer who led one of the U.S. Coast Guard's largest small-boat rescue operations in the midst of a New England winter storm on February 18 through 19, 1952, as Chatham Lifeboat Station 's officer-in-charge. [1] Warrant Officer Cluff's expertise in small-boat ...
The Coast Guard rescued three adults and a 15-year-old from a sinking sailboat Thursday off the coast of Cape Hatteras. The crew of the 41-foot boat named “Rojodan” contacted authorities about ...