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Genre/Form: | History Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William D Wilkinson; Timothy R Dring |
ISBN: | 9780813039022 0813039029 9780813033341 0813033349 |
OCLC Number: | 801840930 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 185 pages) : illustrations. |
Series Title: | New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology. |
Responsibility: | by William D. Wilkinson and Timothy R. Dring ; foreword by Howard B. Thorsen. |
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The most comprehensive work on the coastal rescue craft of the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Life-Saving Service. This work should be consulted by anyone interested in maritime search and rescue, especially from shore-based stations. - Dennis Noble, author of The Rescue of the Gale Runner ""Provides a detailed history of a very proud element of American maritime history, the development and evolution of the coastal rescue craft of the United States Life-Saving Service and its successor, the United States Coast Guard."" - Clayton Evans, active member of the Canadian Coast Guard Read more...


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