Lifeboat sailors : the U.S. Coast Guard's small boat stations /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Noble, Dennis L (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, [2000]
Subjects:	United States. > Coast Guard > Search and rescue operations. United States. > Coast Guard > Facilities > History. United States. > Coast Guard. Lifesaving stations > United States > History. Lifeboat service > United States > History. Stations de sauvetage > États-Unis > Histoire. Lifeboat service. Lifesaving stations. Search and rescue operations. United States. History.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Prologue: February 12, 1997 1
Chapter 1 That Others Might Live 13
Chapter 2 The Man with the Cigar 32
Chapter 3 Coasties 49
Chapter 4 Fear Is the Text 84
Chapter 5 This Is a Drill 99
Chapter 6 We Somehow Get the Job Done 124
Chapter 7 Hit the Beach 150
Chapter 8 Through Surf and Howling Gale 161
Chapter 9 "Small Boats, Small Problems" 184
Chapter 10 A Willingness to Act 208
Epilogue: February 12, 1998 211
Appendix 1 Standard Boats at the U.S. Coast Guard Small Boat Rescue Stations 214
Appendix 2 Ranks of the U.S. Coast Guard and Other Military Services Officers 219
Appendix 3 U.S. Coast Guard Ratings Assigned to Small Boat Stations 221
Appendix 4 Jargon 224.