Ten Hours Until Dawn
The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · May 30, 2006
In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast.
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- Who it’s for
- A blizzard-at-sea rescue unfolds through the radio exchanges that captured its urgency.
- Themes
- Bravery and sacrifice, Maritime disaster and rescue
- Genres
- Aviation & Nautical Lives, Survival Stories, New England History
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In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls and immediately dispatched a patrol boat. Within an hour, the Coast Guard boat was in as much trouble as the tanker, having lost its radar, depth finder, and engine power in horrendous seas.
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Pilot boat Captain Frank Quirk was monitoring the Coast Guard's efforts by radio, and when he heard that the patrol boat was in jeopardy, he decided to act. Gathering his crew of four, he readied his forty-nine-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard. Using dozens of interview and audiotapes that recorded every word exchanged between Quirk and the Coast Guard, Tougias has written a devastating, true account of bravery and death at sea, in Ten Hours Until Dawn.
Storm Signals
A blizzard-at-sea rescue unfolds through the radio exchanges that captured its urgency.
Come here for
- Maritime history told through real-time Coast Guard and crew communications
- A close, tense account of courage and danger at sea
Expect
- A true account of bravery and death at sea
- Recorded exchanges that keep the crisis immediate
Where it sits
| Aviation & Nautical Lives | 32% |
|---|---|
| New England History | 30% |
| Survival Stories | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Maritime History & Piracy
- Natural Disasters
- Maritime History
- Authors
- Michael J. Tougias
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Published
- May 30, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Bravery and sacrifice · Maritime disaster and rescue
- Reading lane
- Maritime History & Piracy