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    SS Pendleton was a Type T2-SE-A1 tanker built in 1942 in Portland, Oregon, United States, for the War Shipping Administration. She was sold in 1948 to...
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    survivors from the stern section of SS Pendleton "only minutes before it capsized." The rescue of survivors from SS Pendleton's stern was not the only rescue...
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  • chronicles the historic 1952 United States Coast Guard rescue of the crew of SS Pendleton, after the ship split apart during a nor'easter off the New England coast...
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  • Indiana Pendleton, Missouri Pendleton, New York Pendleton, Oregon Pendleton, South Carolina Pendleton County, Kentucky Pendleton, Texas Pendleton County...
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    tanker SS Pendleton, which had broken in half during a storm on February 18, 1952 off Cape Cod. Webber maneuvered the 36-foot lifeboat under Pendleton's stern...
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    Massachusetts. Built in 1946, it is notable for its involvement in the 1952 SS Pendleton rescue, one of the most daring such events recorded in the history of...
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    SS Pendleton, also a T2 tanker, broke up about 20 miles (32 km) away. Daring rescues by the Coast Guard Lifeboat CG 36500 carried out of Pendleton's stern...
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    Hours directed by Craig Gillespie. She served as the set of the tanker SS Pendleton which broke in two off of Cape Cod on 15 February 1952 making for the...
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    dealing with piracy; The Finest Hours: based on a true story of the SS Pendleton rescue mission; Into the Heart of the Sea; The Last Voyage; Lifeboat;...
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    who was award the Gold Lifesaving Medal for leading a rescue to the SS Pendleton in 1952 The Atwood House Chatham Lights Stage Harbor Light Old Linden...
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    Chatham, Massachusetts, for the rescue of 32 crewmen of the T2 tanker SS Pendleton on 18 February 1952. This rescue is depicted in the 2016 movie The Finest...
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    The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is a United States federal law passed by the 47th United States Congress and signed into law by President Chester...
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    after an explosion. SS Bemis Heights sank on 5 November 1948 off Quoin Point, South Africa on trip from Santos to Abadan. SS Pendleton, broke in two on 18...
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    The Finest Hours (2016), A film portraying the rescue of the crew of SS Pendleton by coxswain Bernard C. Webber and the three other crewmen of Coast Guard...
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    the film The Finest Hours depicting the US Coast Guard's rescue of the SS Pendleton in 1952 off the coast of Chatham. All four of the Coast Guard crew received...
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    February 1952 effort that resulted in the rescue of 32 survivors from the SS Pendleton Grace Helbig (born 1985), comedian, actress and YouTube personality Helen...
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  • United States Coast Guard officer, rescued thirty-two survivors from SS Pendleton. Wes Dove, 25, American NFL player (Seattle Seahawks). James Edwin Doyle...
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  • on the historic 1952 United States Coast Guard rescue of the crew of SS Pendleton, after the ship split apart during a nor'easter off the New England coast...
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    out in 60-foot (18 m) seas to rescue men from the stricken T2 tanker SS Pendleton that had broken in two during a Winter storm off Chatham, Massachusetts...
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    Cluff, American naval officer, best known for leading the daring SS Pendleton and SS Fort Mercer rescues in the 1950s; in Chincoteague, Virginia, United...
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    rescue performed using a 36' MLB was that of crew members of the stricken SS Pendleton by CG 36500 under the command of Boatswain's Mate Bernard C. Webber....
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  • Elizabeth II, from 1952 until the mid-1970s The Finest Hours 2016 1952 The SS Pendleton Coast Guard rescue mission attempt The Motorcycle Diaries 2004 1952–1967...
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  • lifeboat CG 36500, which was dispatched to rescue the crew members of SS Pendleton, crosses the Chatham Harbor and is pummelled by waves. Gillespie was...
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    occurred off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Two commercial tankers – SS Fort Mercer and SS Pendleton – each broke in two and sank almost simultaneously. Yakutat...
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    February 18, 1952, while en route from New Orleans to Boston, the T2 tanker SS Pendleton' broke in two in a nor'easter south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. A United...
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    J. Pendleton (T-AKV-5 /T-AK-276) was a Lt. James E. Robinson-class cargo ship constructed during World War II as a Victory ship and named the SS Mandan...
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    SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in...
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    are: SS Aiken Victory, SS Chanute Victory, SS Cody Victory, SS Colby Victory, SS Cranston Victory, SS Gustavus Victory, SS Hagerstown Victory, SS Maritime...
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  • Martin, 2B, 2010 Pendleton, Terry, 3B, 1992 Riley, Austin, 3B, 2022–23 Smoltz, John, SP, 1996 Strider, Spencer, SP, 2023 Swanson, Dansby, SS, 2022 Torre,...
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    SS Marine Electric was a 605-foot bulk carrier that sank on 12 February 1983, about 30 miles off the coast of Virginia, in 130 feet of water. Thirty-one...
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