NC Maritime Museum : SOUTHPORT

204 E Moore Street, Southport, NC 28461. (910) 477 – 5151. Open Tues – Sat 9am – 5pm.

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As we mourn Shirley's passing, we celebrate her love of our community and overall spunk. We came across this wonderful video when Randy Aldridge was in Southport and wanted to share.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARHAhQ4z1m0

Remember the museum will be closed tomorrow, Saturday February 23 from 1-5pm so staff and volunteers may attend Shirley's funeral.youtube.com ... See MoreSee Less

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Today is #TriviaThursday
Here are the rules: 1 guess per person, comment your guess, no googling!

What THREE (3) items improved river shipping efficiency during the mid-1800s? ... See MoreSee Less

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3 days ago

Dr. Fonvielle lecturing on the wonderful story of William Benjamin Gould!
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Our maritime museum community has lost a beautiful soul. Fair winds and following seas Shirley. ... See MoreSee Less

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4 days ago

WOW! Such bravery shown by our Coasties. Want to learn about the Coasties of the Lower Cape Fear and preceding agencies?

Mark your calendars to attend our exhibit opening for “The Sea Shall Not Have Them” on May 25, 2019!Sixty seven years ago today, February 18,1952, Bernard Webber, Andrew Fitzgerald, Richard Livesey, and Ervin Maske set out from Chatham Harbor in the 36-foot motor lifeboat CG36500 on a suicide mission to rescue the crew of the tanker "Pendleton."

Having lost the lifeboat's compass during the near-impossible passage over the Chatham Bar and sailing in a snow storm in the dark, the CG36500 miraculously was headed on a course that brought them to the stern of the "Pendleton," which was dark at the time the CG36500 encountered the tanker, making it nearly impossible to see.

Soon the men on the "Pendleton," seeing the CG36500's search light, came out on deck and began the dangerous process of descending a half-rotted Jacob's ladder and jumping to the CG36500, all the while both vessels were being pushed about by the wind and waves.

All but one of the 33 crew on the stern of the "Pendleton" were able to make it safely aboard the CG36500, which was now carrying far more people than she was designed to hold.

Webber, not knowing his exact location, headed the CG36500 toward the shore, hoping to land the crew along the eastern shore of Monomoy Island or Nauset Beach, but in another improbable circumstance, he ended up steering the CG36500 right to the entrance to Chatham Harbor and then to the Fish Pier. There first responders, along with many townsfolk from Chatham, were able to transport the "Pendleton" crew to Coast Guard Station Chatham or to the local hospital where they could finally receive care and comfort following their ordeal.

With the passing of Andrew Fitzgerald this past November, all of the men who sailed aboard the CG36500 on that fateful day have passed over the bar. Only the CG36500 remains to remind us of the greatest small-boat rescue in Coast Guard history.

A more detailed account of the "Pendleton" rescue can be found in the following books:

THE FINEST HOURS* by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman. New York: Scribner, 2009.

TWO TANKERS DOWN by Robert Frump. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2008.

INTO A RAGING SEA by Bernie Webber. Cape Cod, MA: On Cape Publications, 2015.

THE PENDLETON DISASTER OFF CAPE COD, updated third edition by Theresa Mitchell Barbo and Captain W. Russell Webster, USCG (Ret.). Charleston, SC; The History Press, 2010

*A film version of The Finest Hours was released in 2016. As is the case with many film adaptations, the film is based on the true story of the "Pendleton" rescue, but deviates in some cases from the actual events. The film does an excellent job of providing a visual sense of the rescue, but should not be mistaken for a historically accurate account. ... See MoreSee Less

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