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The Story of U.S. Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG36500 – A Virtual Lecture
August 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
On February 18, 1952, Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Bernard C. Webber took
Motor Lifeboat CG36500 out of Chatham Station with three volunteers –
Seaman Ervin Maske, Seaman Richard Livesey and Petty Officer 3rd Class
Andrew Fitzgerald, an Engineman, responding to the tanker Pendleton, which
had broken in two off Chatham in a storm. The crew fought 60 foot waves,
hurricane force winds and blizzard conditions to rescue the survivors. While
the CG36500 was leaving Chatham Harbor, her compass and windshield were
smashed and the boat began shipping water. Persevering, they finally sighted
the stern section of the Pendleton. They rescued 32 sailors, losing only one
man to the stormy seas. The four Coast Guardsmen all received the service’s coveted Gold Life-saving Medals for their heroism in what is considered by maritime historians to be “The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History.” The crew is gone now but the CG36500 lives on, and that is a
fascinating rescue story all its own.
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Tickets are $10.
