Skip Strong
Author of In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain's Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History
Works by Skip Strong
In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain's Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History (2003) 32 copies, 1 review
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- SKIP STRONG was Keystone Shipping Company's youngest master when he performed the unparalleled rescue at the center of In Peril, an effort that won him and his crew the American Merchant Marine Seamanship Trophy, the maritime service's highest reward. Today he is a full-time ship pilot on Penobscot Bay, Maine. Twain Braden is managing editor of the maritime journal Ocean Navigator and a writer specializing in feature stories covering sea dramas such as hurricanes and ship sinkings.
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If you like nautical, you'll love this story of a tanker captain who, through superior seamanship, used his oil tanker as a salvage vessel to rescue the tug and barge hauling one of the Shuttle's booster rockets.
The legal maneuvering to determine who should get the salvage value is great for maritime lawyer wannabes.
Great story.
The legal maneuvering to determine who should get the salvage value is great for maritime lawyer wannabes.
Great story.
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