The Tragic Sinking of Gloucester's Patriot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webster, Captain W. Russell.

Contributor:

(Ret.), USCG.

Series:

Disaster

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Gloucester region--History.

Patriot (Schooner).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2022.

Summary:

On the evening of January 2, 2009, Captain Matteo Russo and crewman John Orlando got underway aboard the fifty-four-foot fishing vessel Patriot, from the iconic State Pier in Gloucester, Massachusetts, bound for nearby fishing grounds in search of cod. They never returned. What happened less than eight hours later on that bitter and dark winter early morning that caused the Patriot to sink? Why did the Coast Guard deliberate more than two hours before launching a rescue mission? Using official documents, numerous interviews and insight as a search and rescue commander, maritime historian Captain W. Russell Webster, USCG (Ret.), expertly documents the tragedy of the Patriot, with startling findings. He deftly explores the condition of "normalcy bias" linked to this heartbreaking case, which can cause people--including Coast Guard personnel--to deny and sometimes over-deliberate threats to human life.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Introduction

PART I. TRAGEDY

1. Time-Honored Routine

2. The Search

3. What Happened?

PART II. AFTERMATH

4. Investigations

5. Lessons Learned

6. Anatomy of Search and Rescue Missions

PART III. PERSPECTIVES

7. Tensions

8. Reflections

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Webster, Captain W. Russell The Tragic Sinking of Gloucester's Patriot

ISBN:

9781439674925

1439674922

OCLC:

1346358368