Lifeboat Sailors: Disasters, Rescues, and the Perilous Future of the Coast Guard's Small Boat Stations (edition 2000)

by Dennis L. Noble

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Written by a former Coast Guard senior chief, this volume explores the state of the Coast Guard's small boat rescue crews. He tells the stories of a number of rescues. He also explores the bureaucratic structure of the service and recounts complaints of station personnel that the command structure i

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Title:	Lifeboat Sailors: Disasters, Rescues, and the Perilous Future of the Coast Guard's Small Boat Stations
Authors:	Dennis L. Noble
Info:	Brassey's US (2000), Hardcover, 234 pages
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Tags:	maritime history, military culture, US Coast Guard, search & rescue, lifeboats, 20C, read in 2013

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Written by a former Coast Guard senior chief, this volume explores the state of the Coast Guard's small boat rescue crews. He tells the stories of a number of rescues. He also explores the bureaucratic structure of the service and recounts complaints of station personnel that the command structure i

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