January 05, 2008
Fire, Ice, Wind and High Seas
January 1944, a US destroyer lay at anchor in a a fierce blizzard off Long Island. Suddenly the USS Turner was wracked by a massive explosion....
With the ship sinking rapidly, the weather worsening, visibility terrible and water so cold that survival time was measured in minutes the only thing standing between the survivors and a frigid watery death were 2 Coast Guard patrol boats, the courage and skill of their crews and an experimental contraption held together with canvas, steel tubes and a prayer.
Read the whole story in this excellent post at SteelJaw Scribe.
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With the ship sinking rapidly, the weather worsening, visibility terrible and water so cold that survival time was measured in minutes the only thing standing between the survivors and a frigid watery death were 2 Coast Guard patrol boats, the courage and skill of their crews and an experimental contraption held together with canvas, steel tubes and a prayer.
Read the whole story in this excellent post at SteelJaw Scribe.
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Sikorsky was an amazing man, one of the heroes of the aviation age. A true visionary, who ranks with the Wright brothers.
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