William Phares Dukeshire, Elizabeth Burr

My Life at Sea (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

William (Bill) Phares Dukeshire (1920-2016) was a mere twenty-three years old when he started his fateful voyage on the Kirkwood, a cargo ship delivering 10,000 tons of gasoline to an Allied commander in North Africa. After a severe storm injured the chief mate, Bill took on that role for the returning voyage. When a German U-boat torpedoed the Kirkwood near St. Helena Island in the South Atlantic, there was no way to preserve the ship. Bill's only hope was to command a lifeboat in order to get his crew the 800 miles northwest to Ascension Island. With no chronometer, Bill had only latitude coordinates to make the journey. Bill's memoir chronicles a life of fifty-four years at sea, from a stint on the troop ship SS Coamo to earning a Silver Star for his acts of heroism. Black-and-white photographs, certificates, a crewlist, a chart, and a lifeboat voyage bring his story to life in a book that will entertain and inspire any nautical enthusiast.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elizabeth Burr
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781634893480
• Artikelnr.: 59540666