Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Bloglines - New Book "Rum Runners, U-Boats, & Hurricanes," Highlights North Carolina Shipwrecks and Coast Guard History (PR Web)

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New Book "Rum Runners, U-Boats, & Hurricanes," Highlights North Carolina Shipwrecks and Coast Guard History (PR Web)

In the final days of WWII, two Coast Guard cutters leave port from Morehead City, North Carolina to rescue a torpedoed liberty ship. The ill-fated mission coincided with the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944, and catastrophe ensued. Neither ship returned from the mission. This new book takes a look back at the incident, the history of the two ships, and the recent discovery of the shipwrecks near


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