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Word: eastwind (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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Meanwhile, the Yakutat rescued four men from the Fort Mercer's bow. Thirty miles away, the cutters Eastwind and Acushnet took men off the stern. By the time the storm subsided, 14 men from the broken tankers were lost. Of the four pieces of two ships only the Fort Mercer's stern remained afloat. It was taken into Narragansett Bay with 1,470,000 gallons of oil still in its tanks, the cargo pumped out, and then towed to Brooklyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: Orphans of the Storm | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

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