Lightships Lighthouses And Lifeboat Stations
DOWNLOAD
Download Lightships Lighthouses And Lifeboat Stations PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Lightships Lighthouses And Lifeboat Stations book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Lightships Lighthouses And Lifeboat Stations
DOWNLOAD
Author : Bernie Webber
language : en
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Release Date : 2015-12-07
Lightships Lighthouses And Lifeboat Stations written by Bernie Webber and has been published by Universal-Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Lightships, Lighthouses and Lifeboat Stations is part history book, part memoir, written by Bernie Webber, recipient of the Coast Guard’s highest award, the Gold Life-saving Medal, and hero of the Disney movie The Finest Hours. While the public will recognize Webber’s name from the movie and the bestselling book by the same name, few people know that during his lengthy Coast Guard career he served on lightships (ships anchored in dangerous areas to warn other vessels of hazards) in addition to lifeboat stations (small boat rescue stations) and lighthouses. Webber poses the following question: “How did the lightship men cope with the isolation, constant loneliness, boredom, fear, or just sheer terror? All were part of life on board a lightship. Rough seas tossed the ship about, rearing up and down the anchor chain. This was a world of isolation, noise from operating machinery, and blasts from the powerful foghorn that went on for hours, sometimes days, at a time.” Webber answers that question in this book, drawing on a combination of personal experience and meticulous historical research. Discussions of men going mad, lightships being run down by larger ships, anchor chains breaking, and lightships cast upon shoals are offset with humorous stories and the author’s reflections on his best days at sea. Webber also explains some of the heroic actions of a few lightship men over the years, and points out that they received no recognition at the time. The isolation these men faced was intense, but they learned to make do with what they had. Fourteen historic photos are included, as well as a Foreword by Michael Tougias.
The Story Of Lighthouses Lightships And Lifeboats
DOWNLOAD
Author : Olwen Reed
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Story Of Lighthouses Lightships And Lifeboats written by Olwen Reed and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Lifeboat service categories.
The Modern Book Of Lighthouses Life Boats Lightships
DOWNLOAD
Author : William Henry McCormick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1936
The Modern Book Of Lighthouses Life Boats Lightships written by William Henry McCormick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with Lifeboats categories.
Lighthouses Lightships And Lifeboats
DOWNLOAD
Author : Reed O.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Lighthouses Lightships And Lifeboats written by Reed O. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with categories.
Lighthouses And Lightships
DOWNLOAD
Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870
Lighthouses And Lightships written by William Henry Davenport Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with Aids to navigation categories.
Lighthouses Cutters And Lifeboat Stations
DOWNLOAD
Author : S. Matthew Grayson
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2016-12-19
Lighthouses Cutters And Lifeboat Stations written by S. Matthew Grayson and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The United States Coast Guard has a saying: You have to go out; you dont have to come back. I am still looking for the person who came up with that saying (Rodger D. Dewey, retired master chief boatswains mate E-9). Follow the twenty-eight years of memories of a seventeen-year-old young man from Denver, Colorado, who joined the United States Coast Guard in 1948 and made the United States Coast Guard his life. Follow the training, lessons learned, funny stories, and a true love of being a shallow-water sailor.
Lighthouses And Lightships Of The United States
DOWNLOAD
Author : George Rockwell Putnam
language : en
Publisher: Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
Release Date : 1917
Lighthouses And Lightships Of The United States written by George Rockwell Putnam and has been published by Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with Lighthouses categories.
Lightships And Lighthouses
DOWNLOAD
Author : Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-21
Lightships And Lighthouses written by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-21 with History categories.
Lightships And Lighthouses
DOWNLOAD
Author : Frederick A. Talbot
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
Lightships And Lighthouses written by Frederick A. Talbot and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with Lighthouses categories.
Lighthouses And Lifesaving On Washington S Outer Coast
DOWNLOAD
Author : William S. Hanable
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date :
Lighthouses And Lifesaving On Washington S Outer Coast written by William S. Hanable and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
Washington's storm-ridden outer coast stretches from Cape Disappointment, at the mouth of the Columbia River, to Cape Flattery, at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, a distance of about 150 miles. Historians have labeled these waters "the Graveyard of the Pacific" and "the Unforgiving Coast." Despite their hazards, sea routes to, from, and along the coast have been busy. Maritime fur traders and explorers, warships, Gold Rush shipping, passenger vessels, lumber carriers, break-bulk freighters, container ships, and tankers have plied these waters. Concurrently, fisheries developed along the coast, adding to the number of vessels at risk. To assist mariners sailing these waters, the United States built its first lighthouse on the Washington coast at Cape Disappointment in 1856. Additional lighthouses, lightships, and lifesaving stations soon followed. With more than 180 images from archives throughout the Pacific Northwest, this collection documents their history.