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American coastal rescue craft : a design history of coastal rescue craft used by the United States Life-Saving Service and the United States Coast Guard /

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William Wilkinson and Timothy Dring provide detailed history and technical design information on every type of small rescue craft ever used by the United States Life-Saving Service and United States Coast Guard, from the early 1800s to current day. By looking at these vessels, many of which featured...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilkinson, William D. (Author)
Other Authors: Dring, Timothy R.
Format: Software eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2009]
Series:New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
Subjects:
United States. > Coast Guard > Boats > History.
United States. > Life-Saving Service > Boats > History.
United States. > Coast Guard.
United States. > Life-Saving Service.
Search and rescue boats > United States > Design and construction > History.
Search and rescue boats > United States > History.
Bateaux de recherche et de sauvetage > États-Unis > Histoire.
Boats and boating.
Search and rescue boats.
United States.
CD-ROMs.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Forward / Howard B. Thorsen
  • The early years
  • Development and refinement
  • The modern age begins
  • The modern age matures
  • Gearing up for war
  • The post-World War II Coast Guard
  • The Coast Guard today
  • Appendix A: Glossary and abbreviations
  • Appendix B: The U.S. Coast Guard National Motor Lifeboat School
  • [on CD-ROM] Appendix C: USLSS and USCG boat descriptions and plans
  • Pulling/sailing lifeboats
  • Power and motor lifeboats
  • Pulling surfboats
  • Motor surfboats and rigid-hull inflatable boats
  • Station service and utility craft
  • Appendix D: USLSS and USCG coastal search and rescue stations and boat assignments.