Relying on his knowledge of the coast and prevailing winds in place of his compass, Bernie steers CG 36500 toward home-a task made more difficult as Chatham loses power. The stern of Pendleton begins sinking more rapidly during the rescue and goes down shortly after the last crewman comes aboard Bernie's boat. Although his boat's designated capacity is only 12 people, Bernie manages to rescue 32 crewmen. Although he makes it over the bar, he loses his compass.īernie steers CG 36500 to the stricken tanker. Bernie must time bursts of his engine to ride each approaching wave before it breaks as he pilots CG 36500 across the bar.
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Cluff refuses, and brusquely orders Miriam out.īetween Chatham Harbor and the open sea lies a bar, a series of shoals that are very dangerous even in good weather.
Miriam drives to the station, demanding that Cluff call Bernie back. Few people in Chatham trust Cluff, believing him to be incapable of doing his job because he is not from the area. Miriam learns that Bernie is leading the rescue effort and believes it to be a suicide mission. Meanwhile, the Pendleton 's engineer, Ray Sybert, as the surviving senior officer, organizes the surviving seamen to steer the sinking stern of the tanker onto a submerged reef, where it can lodge until rescuers arrive. Livesey volunteer to join Bernie on the rescue mission. Andrew Fitzgerald, Ervin Maske, and Richard P. With the majority of the station's crew already underway with the rescue of the similarly damaged SS Fort Mercer, Bernie is dispatched to pilot motor lifeboat CG 36500 to rescue the crew of Pendleton. On the day he is due to ask permission, February 18, 1952, the oil tanker SS Pendleton shears in half off the Chatham coast after getting caught in a nor'easter. The two plan to marry on April 16, but in accordance with Coast Guard regulations, Bernie must seek permission from the station's commanding officer, Daniel Cluff, although it is usually just a formality. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and was a box office flop, grossing just $52 million against its $70–80 million production budget.īernard "Bernie" Webber, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Chatham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, has fallen in love with a local girl, Miriam Pentinen. The Finest Hours was released in the Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D formats on January 29, 2016. The film stars Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz, and Eric Bana, and chronicles the historic 1952 United States Coast Guard rescue of the crew of SS Pendleton, after the ship split apart during a nor'easter off the New England coast.
Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. The screenplay, written by Eric Johnson, Scott Silver, and Paul Tamasy, is based on The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. The Finest Hours is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.
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