Download or read book The Skipper And The Eagle written by Captain Gordon McGowan USCG and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COMMANDER Gordon McGowan, cast in the role of master of a three-masted bark by order of the U.S. Coast Guard, found himself short on square rigged sailing knowledge and long on re-fitting problems when faced with transforming a battered German prize of war, the Horst Wessel, into a well-found Coast Guard training ship, the Eagle. The period was the end of the Second World War; the place was bomb-shattered Bremerhaven. In the SKIPPER AND THE EAGLE you’ll meet “Doc,” a dentist with a burning ambition to remove an appendix at sea; “Ducky,” an internationally known ocean racing yachtsman, now a naval officer dividing up ships of the German navy among the Allies. There’s a decidedly practical, if unorthodox, British Naval officer who assigns German seamen to Cmdr. McGowan in his search for men to augment his short-handed and inexperienced crew of graduates from boot camp. Cmdr. McGowan (now Capt. Rtd) was the only Coast Guard officer in Germany, a fact which gave rise to a series of amusing episodes. Furthermore, he had been brought up in steam vessels, and his knowledge of sailing ships left much to be desired. In fact, he feels that knowledgeable sailors should read this book if only to feel vastly superior to the author! He has a fully developed sense of humor and a talent for understatement which makes his book delightful reading. When the Eagle was finally made ready for sea, she took off through the mine fields of the North Sea and English Channel. Then under sail, to Funchal, Madeira, where the skipper had his first harrowing experience with rigid protocol. The Eagle enjoyed a long downhill run with the Trade Winds to Bermuda. On the voyage from Bermuda to New York the Eagle was caught in a full-fledged hurricane and the description of this ranks near the top of sea-going literature. The SKIPPER AND THE EAGLE is hearty fare for all with a love of the sea, ships, and the men who sail them. There isn’t a dull page in it.
Download or read book The Skipper the Eagle written by Gordon MacGowan and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Skipper and the Eagle written by Gordon McGowan and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. This book was released on 1960 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a U.S. Coast Guard officer sailed a German prize of war, a three masted bark, across the Atlantic through trade winds and a hurricane.
Download or read book Bob the Castaway Or The Wreck of the Eagle written by Frank V. Webster and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-12 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bob the Castaway; Or, The Wreck of the Eagle" by Frank V. Webster. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Minding the Helm written by Kevin P. Gilheany and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a boy growing up in New York City, Kevin P. Gilheany had two dreams: to join the Coast Guard, and to play the bagpipes. But by the time he finished high school he was overweight, had a drinking problem, and couldn’t swim. Undeterred by the doubts of the folks at home, he decided to enlist in the Coast Guard anyway. With great determination, and some divine intervention, he passed the swim test and graduated from boot camp, thus beginning an eventful and diverse twenty-year career in the 1980s and 1990s Coast Guard. He set a goal for himself to get command of his own patrol boat, and along the way he was involved in capturing drug smugglers, rescuing hundreds of Haitian migrants at sea, recovering Space Shuttle Challenger debris, surviving a “hooligan navy” experience on a Coast Guard workboat, coordinating search and rescue during the famed “Perfect Storm,” and leading armed boardings of ships following the terrorist attacks of 9/11. When he was asked by one of his men, who was dying from brain cancer, to play bagpipes at his retirement ceremony, Kevin started down a new path to have bagpipers officially recognized as part of the Coast Guard. This ultimately led a boy who couldn’t swim to fulfill both of his childhood dreams and leave a lasting legacy by founding the U.S. Coast Guard Pipe Band.
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Download or read book Alaska Shipwrecks 1750 2015 written by Captain Warren Good and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-29 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALASKA SHIPWRECKS 1750-2015 is an encyclopedic accounting of all shipwrecks and losses of life in the Alaska Marine environment. Compiled and written by Captain Warren Good with research assistance and extensive consultation provided by maritime historian Michael Burwell this book is filled with a wealth of information for those interested in Alaska maritime history and the multitude of associated tragedies. Included are details of all known wrecks including vessel information, crew member and passenger names, locations, first hand descriptions of events and sources of all information. In addition, comprehensive comments by Captain Warren Good further elaborate on the location and disposition of many of the disasters.
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Download or read book Dan Hawkes and the Eagle s Cipher written by Richard Brandon and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-05-12 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dan Hawkes and the Eagle's Cipher is a traditional adventure story set during World War II. It is ideal for 9-12-year old boys and girls. In the summer of 1940 Dan Hawkes struggles to come to terms with his father's death. His only companion is Kitty Finch, an inquisitive evacuee with a nose for trouble. Frustrated and angry, Dan is eager to make his own contribution to the war effort. Thanks to Kitty, he gets a bigger opportunity than he bargained for...
Download or read book Bulletin U S Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association written by United States Coast Guard Academy. Alumni Association and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Two Years Below the Horn written by Andrew Taylor and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Two Years Below the Horn," engineer Andrew Taylor vividly recounts his experiences and accomplishments during Operation Tabarin, a landmark British expedition to Antarctica to establish sovereignty and conduct science during the Second World War. When mental strain led the operation’s first commander to resign, Taylor—a military engineer with extensive prewar surveying experience—became the first and only Canadian to lead an Antarctic expedition. As commander of the operation, Taylor oversaw construction of the first permanent base on the Antarctic continent at Hope Bay. From there, he led four-man teams on two epic sledging journeys around James Ross Island,overcoming arduous conditions and correcting cartographic mistakes made by previous explorers. The editors’ detailed afterword draws on Taylor’s extensive personal papers to highlight Taylor’s achievements and document his significant contributions to polar science. This book will appeal to readers interested in the history of polar exploration, science, and sovereignty. It also sheds light on the little known contribution of a Canadian to a distant theatre of the Second World War. The wartime service of Major Taylor reveals important new details about a groundbreaking operation that laid the foundation for the British Antarctic Survey and marked a critical moment in the transition from the heroic to the modern scientific era in polar exploration.
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Download or read book In Good Company written by Bruce Bartling and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-01-22 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story in this book is about catching wild salmon on a commercial troller. I somehow managed to get a job fishing when I just turned sixteen. To a sixteen year old boy, this was the adventure of a lifetime. No parents, no fussy school teachers, and a whole new world to explore. Most people weren’t consumed by television in the nineteen fifties, as most people didn’t have television sets. I fell in love with nature during this time. This story tells of things that actually happened and those made up merely to entertain the reader. Which is which? I’ll let you decide.
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