All the Men in the Sea: The Untold Story of One of the Greatest Rescues in History
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (573 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743227085 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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. company that owned the barge by various parties who are still plagued by choking memories of a debacle so viscerally recaptured.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. In the second part of the book, Krieger examines the similarly unsettling suit brought against the Mexican-U.S. From Publishers Weekly Journalist Krieger tells the thrilling story of the disaster that befell pipelaying divers and attendant seamen aboard barge 269 during a hurricane. (A passage depicting divers in need of accelerated decomp
His articles have been syndicated in the travel sections of more than two hundred newspapers by Universal Press Syndicate, and have appeared in Sea History, the magazine of the National Maritime Historical Society. Michael Krieger has written extensively about the sea and ran freighters
Book Review - All the Men in the Sea Dick_bangkok This was an intriguing read. Being employed in the marine construction industry this was of great interest to me. It helps us recognize the inherent risks that go with this industry. The book was factually correct and well written.. "great story of a bad occurence" according to T. A Kelley. This book takes place in 1995 in the gulf of mexico on the DLB-269 which derrick lay barge which was used to lay completed sections of pipe on the ocean floor to get oil and gas from the oil fields to the yucatan peninsula.The 269 was home to 2great story of a bad occurence T. A Kelley This book takes place in 1995 in the gulf of mexico on the DLB-269 which derrick lay barge which was used to lay completed sections of pipe on the ocean floor to get oil and gas from the oil fields to the yucatan peninsula.The 269 was home to 245 men who were riggers divers mechanics and support crew.This story describes the men who work on the b. 5 men who were riggers divers mechanics and support crew.This story describes the men who work on the b. AMAZING! Wow. I absolutely loved this book. Not only is it an exciting chronicle of human endurance, but it is also an extremely well-written novel. Highly recommended to anyone with a brain.
At first the hurricane seemed to pass by, but when it made a U-turn and came back, the massive towlines connecting the tugs and the barge broke in steep 30-foot seas and 90-mile-an-hour winds. Now Michael Krieger tells the heroic truth of this astonishing drama. It was the diver supervisor who told the barge's captain that company officials back in Louisiana had decided that instead of going in to shore for safe harbor, the barge and everyone on it would ride out the hurricane under tow by the three tugboats standing by. Ultimately, All the Men in the Sea is their story on a night of unparalleled bravery and determination.. One of the most exciting sea rescues of the twentieth century occurred during a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico in 1995. All the Men in the Sea begins in a cloud of silt peppered with 400-pound groupers 160 feet below the surface at the bottom