This on-the-spot narrative of the February 1997 loss of three U.S.
Coast Guardsmen from the Quillayute River Station during a maritime
rescue is both a commemoration and a report of the failure of the
Coast Guard's senior leadership to appreciate and support the work
of enlisted men and women at often remote and dangerous small-boat
stations.
The first in-depth look at a small-boat maritime rescue by the
U.S. Coast Guard, this book is also the first to describe the role
of those at small-boat rescue stations and of the policy setters at
Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C. Its author was in the
right place at the right time on a night when everything went
wrong. From the first alarm to the dramatic helicopter rescue of
the crew of a foundering sailboat, from the onshore rescue of the
sole survivor of the first dispatched Coast Guard crew to the
tragic losses, this man-against-the-sea tale is told largely in the
words of the participants and others who were with author Dennis
Noble at the station near La Push, Washington, on the night the
tragedy unfolded.
Noble also provides an analysis of the state of the Coast Guard,
how its current problems have developed, and what effect they have
on the service's operations. As the story unfolds, the views of
senior enlisted personnel at the station paint a picture of an
overworked small-boat rescue force and their feelings toward what
they perceive as a distant, and in many cases unaware, officer
corps. Noble contrasts these perspectives with those voiced by the
investigating commissioned officers and higher-ups at Coast Guard
headquarters.
Illustrated with 29 photos and maps, Noble's contribution to the
annals of maritime history isa riveting account of extraordinary
heroism in the face of regrettable human tragedy.
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