Die Küstenwache bricht zu einer wagemutigen Rettungsaktion vor der Küste von Cape Cod auf, nachdem in einem Wintersturm im Jahr 1952 zwei Öltanker zerstört wurden.Die Küstenwache bricht zu einer wagemutigen Rettungsaktion vor der Küste von Cape Cod auf, nachdem in einem Wintersturm im Jahr 1952 zwei Öltanker zerstört wurden.Die Küstenwache bricht zu einer wagemutigen Rettungsaktion vor der Küste von Cape Cod auf, nachdem in einem Wintersturm im Jahr 1952 zwei Öltanker zerstört wurden.
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- WissenswertesIt is implied that the captain of the Pendleton was responsible for the sinking because of an error in judgment. The Pendleton was a T2 style tanker that, as with other "liberty ships," was built in haste during the Second World War to support the Allies in Britain. The limited building facilities resulting from the rush of shipbuilding resulted in the T2 ships being built in two sections (bow and stern) and later joined at the middle. They had a known issue in that they tended to break in half when facing the combination of cold seas and extreme weather. By insisting on maintaining 7 knots, the captain was hoping to reach a port as quickly as possible, in order to limit the amount of stress on the ship and to avoid metal fatigue that might lead to a break-up. He was balancing the threat of a broken weld versus breaking the ship in two. If he had complied with the engineer's request and dropped to 3 knots, the break-up would have happened anyway, but farther out to sea. It is likely that, while losing his life and that of the other seven crewmen in the bow, his decision made it possible for the lives of the other half to be saved. In contrast to what has been reported elsewhere, the broken weld had little to do with the ship being broken in half. Rather, the weld broke due to the same strain that caused the ship to break in half.
- PatzerThe engine room was not that of a T-2 tanker. T-2 tankers were turbo electric drive which means a steam turbine drives a generator which powers a 6000 hp electric synchronous AC motor. T-2 propulsion is controlled by levers which connect the motor to the generator and control the speed of the generator. If the seawater rose to the level shown in the movie, there would be no propulsion possible because all the necessary pumps and the main motor were located in the lower engine room and would have been submerged. Flooding of the boilers themselves would not have been an issue but the fuel pumps would also have been submerged.
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John Stello: The old man don't know what he is doing. He sends you out to die. You can't make it over Chatham bar on a day like this. You can't stay afloat with half a ship neither.
Bernie Webber: Well, Mr. Stello, in the Coast Guard to say you gotta go out. But they don't say you gotta come back in. That's regulation, you know.
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Written by Roy Alfred, Andy Gibson, Albert Shubert
Performed by Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
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