Events for July 20, 2024 - July 20, 2024

Michael Capuzzo's "Close to Shore." See Club e-blast.

In a 1952 nor’easter, the distress of two ships off Cape Cod initiated a dramatic Coast Guard operation recounted here by coauthors Tougias and Sherman. Both vessels were World War II surplus, cheaply built, unwisely kept in service, and broken in two by the storm. All four halves floated, for the moment, and the authors’ [...]

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