ADG Perspective

May-June 2016

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P E R S P E C T I V E | M AY / J U N E 2 0 1 6 47 P E R S P E C T I V E | M AY / J U N E 2 0 1 6 47 In 1952, the SS Pendleton, a 500-foot- long T-2 oil tanker, was literally broken in half during a nor'easter off the coast of Cape Cod, and its surviving crew of thirty-two were subsequently rescued by a 36-foot Coast Guard boat, with a rookie crew, in seas that were churning 60-foot waves. The Finest Hours tells this true story, the most celebrated small boat rescue in US Coast Guard history. THE FINEST HOURS by Michael Corenblith, Production Designer Left: The exterior of the decks of the Pendleton as shown in a Solidworks model by Set Designer Rob Johnson, rendered with KeyShot ® . The catwalk was connected to the mess deck level, which was suspended from the gimbal by cantilevered beams beneath the lifeboat davits.

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