All Present and Accounted For: The 1972 Alaska Grounding of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and the Heroic Efforts that Saved the Ship

by Steven J. Craig

Book Overview

It was late November--one of the coldest periods to be on a ship near Alaska. The Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis had run aground during a severe storm and was taking on water. The engine room flooded, disabling the engines. Mountainous seas and gale force winds pounded the Jarvis, and to make matters worse, the ship was floating toward a rocky coastline that would surely destroy it and probably kill most, if not all, of the men.

The ship's captain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555719686
• ISBN13: 9781555719685
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Hellgate Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"