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Ch 8: "He came to the surface floating" (life boat 1 (36 foot,…
Ch 8: "He came to the surface floating"
All searching for Fort Mercer
Bow, the men are traped in the chart room
bow, they are trying to get to the bow of the ship
There are 8 people before the big chose
the chose was to jump or stay on board when the yacatat came into range
four men jump to see if they could make it and the sea swept them away
the yakutat backed up till dawn to hopefully have better weather
eastwind
coast guard cutter
looking for the 2 halves of the fort mercer
from new york
len whitmore- Radio man on eastwind
in the radio room since 8 AM till now
tere is a pigen that is his i the room
yakutat
commander is J.W. Naab
Arrived at the bow section of the fort mercer
tried to shoot lines to fort mercer to secure the boat
failed to saquer lines do to violent seas and backed off till there was better wether
atempt to save people on the bow of the mercer
Very bad conditions everywhere
waves
wind
snow
and darkness
life boat 1
36 foot
Ralph Ormsby- Skipper
From nantucket
orders kept changing
going to Pollack Rip Lightship (PRL)
Made it to PRL and secured lines
crew man cuts his head
they had to head back because the pendelton
they are all very cold
they thought there was know one on the bow of the boat
2nd life boat
donald bangs
face 50-60 foot wave
they try to dock
crewmen, ballerini, haynes, ciccone
they found out there were people on the stern of the pendalton
spent 22 hours on the sea
the man that jumped for there boat dies