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Prologue
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Tanker Sections and Their Rescue Boats
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Part 1
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Chapter 1
Chatham Lifeboat Station
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Chapter 2
The Pendleton
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Chapter 3
The Fort Mercer
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Chapter 4
"It Can't Be True"
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Chapter 5
"You Got to Take the 36500 Out"
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Chapter 6
Blowout at Chatham Bar
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Chapter 7
Chatham Mobilizes
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Chapter 8
"He Came to the Surface Floating"
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Chapter 9
Losing All Hope: On Board the Pendleton Stern
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Chapter 10
All but One: The Rescue of the Pendleton Stern
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Chapter 11
Thirty-six Men in a Thirty-six-foot Boat
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Chapter 12
Pandemonium in Chatham
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Part 2
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Chapter 13
The Mercer's Bow Capsizes
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Chapter 14
A Maneuver for the Ages
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Chapter 15
Tuesday at Chatham Station
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Chapter 16
Thirteen Men Still on Board
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Chapter 17
Search of the Pendleton Bow
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Part 3
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Chapter 18
The Inquiry
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Chapter 19
Being Labeled a Hero Can Be a Burden
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Chapter 20
Tanker Trouble
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Chapter 21
Beyond the Rescue
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Chapter 22
The Restoration
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Epilogue: They Were Young Once
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Appendix
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Acknowledgments
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Bibliography
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