Motor Life Boat CG 36500 - Chatham, MA - Maritime Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

On Feburary 18, 1952 the Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG 36500 rescued rescue 32 seamen off a sinking tanker Pendleton. The rescue was accomplished in 60-foot high seas using the small, under powered, wooden boat. This rescue is considered the greatest small boat rescue in Coast Guard history. As a result the four crew members were awarded the Coast Guard's highest honor, the Gold Lifesaving medal.

A boulder at the parking lot approach to Chatham Beach contains the propeller from Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG 36500 along with an oval plaque serves as an historical marker for this event. The plaque is inscribed:

ORIGINAL PROP
FROM THE
MOTOR LIFEBOAT
GC 36500
THIS MLB RESCUED 32 SEAMEN FROM THE
STRICKEN TANKER PENDLETON
ON FEBRUARY 18, 1952
{IMAGE OF AN ANCHOR}
LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

The CG 36500 was built in 1946 and was retired from service in 1968. It is now docked in Orleans, MA.

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