Tag Archives: pendleton rescue

Webber ‘s tale popping up on the big screen

Posted on by One comment

webber

Perhaps one of the most amazing and unsung USCG heroes was Bernard C. “Bernie” Webber, coxswain of motor lifeboat CG-36500, from Station Chatham, Massachusetts. He and his crew of three rescued the crew of the stricken T-2 tanker Pendleton, which had broken in half during a horrific storm on 18 February 1952 off the coast of Massachusetts.

In 60-foot seas.

In a 36-foot boat.

It looks like there is one heck of a movie coming out detailing that event.

The USCGC Bernard C. Webber (WPC-1101), first of the United States Coast Guard’s Sentinel-class cutters is named after this hero.

MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Webber, the Coast Guard's first Sentinel Class patrol boat, arrives at Coast Guard Sector Miami Feb. 9, 2012. The 154-foot Webber is a Fast Response Cutter capable of independently deploying to conduct missions such as ports, waterways, and coastal security, fishery patrols, drug and illegal migrant law enforcement, search and rescue, and national defense along the Gulf of Mexico and throughout the Caribbean. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Elgammal.

MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Webber, the Coast Guard’s first Sentinel Class patrol boat, arrives at Coast Guard Sector Miami Feb. 9, 2012. The 154-foot Webber is a Fast Response Cutter capable of independently deploying to conduct missions such as ports, waterways, and coastal security, fishery patrols, drug and illegal migrant law enforcement, search and rescue, and national defense along the Gulf of Mexico and throughout the Caribbean. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Elgammal.