{"id":712,"date":"2021-11-07T11:10:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T11:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/?p=712"},"modified":"2021-11-08T16:22:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T16:22:04","slug":"bernard-c-webber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/?p=712","title":{"rendered":"Bernard C. Webber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bernard Challen Webber<\/strong> (May 9, 1928 \u2013 January 24, 2009) was a <strong>United States Coast Guardsman<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/USCG_Petty_Officer_Bernard_C._Webber_lead_the_dramatic_rescue_of_33_sailors_from_the_stricken_freighter_Pendleton_-a.jpg\" alt=\"Bernard C. Webber\" class=\"wp-image-524\" width=\"385\" height=\"457\"\/><figcaption><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Bernard C. Webber<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was a petty officer assigned to <strong>Coast Guard Station Chatham<\/strong>, <strong>Massachusetts<\/strong>, where one of his duties was that of coxswain of <strong>Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500<\/strong>. <strong>Webber and his crew of three rescued the crew of the stricken T2 tanker SS Pendleton<\/strong>, which had <strong>broken <\/strong>in <strong>half during <\/strong>a <strong>storm <\/strong>on <strong>February 18<\/strong>, 1952 off Cape Cod. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pendleton_Sinking_Ship.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-790\" width=\"482\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pendleton_Sinking_Ship.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pendleton_Sinking_Ship-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pendleton_Sinking_Ship-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"> <strong>T2 tanker SS Pendleton<\/strong><\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Webber maneuvered the <strong>36-foot lifeboat under Pendleton&#8217;s stern <\/strong>as the tanker&#8217;s crew, <strong>trapped <\/strong>in the <strong>stern section<\/strong>, abandoned the wreck of their ship on a Jacob&#8217;s ladder into the<strong> Coast Guard motor lifeboat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/the-finest-hours-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-791\" width=\"461\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/the-finest-hours-15.jpg 592w, https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/the-finest-hours-15-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Challen Webber (May 9, 1928 \u2013 January 24, 2009) was a United States Coast Guardsman. 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