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Until the Sea Shall Free Them: Life, Death, and Survival in the Merchant Marine (Blue Jacket Books) |
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Amazon Sales Rank: 485007
Publication Date: 2007-03-16
Release Date: 2007-03-16
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1591142849
Type: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 341
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Robert Frump s Until the Sea Shall Free Them has an unusual setting: off the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, in February 1983. There the merchant vessel Marine Electric, a coal carrier converted from a World War II-vintage Liberty ship, participated in the rescue of a fishing boat caught in a fierce storm, only to be herself overwhelmed by the raging sea. Though only 30 miles off the coast, the Marine Electric had no chance to survive, and heroic Coast Guard helicopter pilots and Navy rescue divers were barely able to save a handful of survivors. Frump, a former reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, meticulously reconstructs the sinking, along with the investigation and litigation that followed in its wake. In attempting to evade corporate liability for the sinking, the ship s owners put the blame on faulty loading and preparation for the storm by the former chief mate, Bob Cusick, who was one of the survivors. The corporation devoted immense resources to substantiating its claims, hiring marine salvage specialists for an exhaustive survey of the wreck, and naval architects to construct an elaborate theory of the accident. The theory soon began to unravel, however, due to the determination of then-Philadelphia Inquirer editor Gene Roberts, who decided to have his newspaper investigate the whole issue of marine safety and turned loose Frump and other reporters on the story. Frump s book recounts in some detail how the journalists penetrated layers of industry secrecy and the closed ranks of seamen fearing for their jobs to establish that old Liberty ships were virtual serial sinkers. In this page-turner, Frump starts from a single sinking to expose weaknesses in the entire system of maritime safety and sketchy reforms that ultimately took out of service many of the old unseaworthy Liberty ships. Washington Post book review by John Prados
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Review: 2009-07-13
Excellent Non-Fiction
This book was recommended to me by a friend in the Merchant Marines, and it was an eye opening story on how reform came to be on commercial ships. It was interesting even for someone who like's their feet firmly planted on land, with love, action, heroism, and truth to make this story a page turner.
Review: 2008-01-12
Until the Sea Shall Free Them
This book arrived in great condition. However, it did not arrive in a timely manner, and in fact arrived many days later than the promised arrival time.
Review: 2007-09-17
US Mechant Mariners must read
A must read for anyone, and their love ones, who goes to sea for a living. Mr. Fumpt writes about an event in maritime history which outcome caused better safety standards that has saved lives every since.
Review: 2006-01-20
This book is DOA
Be advised, believe it or not, this book is ALL text. There are absolutely NO photos, maps, charts, or drawings. How can you possibly tell the story of a ship sinking with nothing but text? The Marine Electric had a fascinating history as a WW2 T-2 tanker that was converted into a bulk freighter. Where are the builder's photos? WW2 era shots? Conversion diagrams or plans? The navigation charts showing the wreck site? This book was obviously written by an amateur, you can tell by the rambling, over the top prose, lengthy, asides that distract from the story line, and the lack of willingness to research and pay for photos and other visual aids. The book is written for someone unfamiliar with ships and the sea since it goes into explanations of the simplest marine terms that most people interested in reading the book would already know. $24.95 brand new? I don't think so Tim. Buy it used and don't pay more than $7.00 with shipping. I bought it sight unseen, what a dissapointment!
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