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<h3>Excerpt</h3> <div><div> <h2>CHAPTER 1</h2> <p>On Tuesday, September 4, 1951, a board of investigation convened at the United States Coast Guard Third District headquarters, 80 Lafayette Street, Manhattan, to seek the causes of a tragic accident. On this sunny late-summer day, the meeting room's blinds were drawn against the glare and the noise of city traffic outside. Already it was stuffy in the crowded room, with all thirty or so chairs filled. Cigarette smoke drifted toward the ceiling. Some people murmured, some shifted impatiently but were quiet. A few, their faces pale and taut, stared straight ahead as if seeing terrifying images on the far wall.</p> <p>A sudden silence cloaked the room when three men in dress whites entered from a side door. The men sat in straight-backed wooden chairs at a dark wooden table at the front of the room. The expanse of bare white wall behind them was broken by a stand bearing an American flag, only a dozen or so of its forty-eight stars visible.</p> <p>Rear Admiral Louis B. Olson, commander of the Third District and one of the most experienced officers in the Coast Guard, occupied the middle seat at the table. To his right sat Captain Joh

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Author

Thomas Clavin

Publisher

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Imprint ; McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing ; McGraw-Hill Companies, The Distributor

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780071486590

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, Engineering, Fiction

Rating

4.03 / 5 (28 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13