1457. Stonehouse, Frederick. Shipwreck of the MESQUITE – Death of a Coast Guard Cutter. Lake Superior Port Cities. 1991
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1457. Stonehouse, Frederick. Shipwreck of the MESQUITE – Death of a Coast Guard Cutter. Lake Superior Port Cities. 1991
- Stonehouse, Frederick. Shipwreck of the MESQUITE – Death of a Coast Guard Cutter. Lake Superior Port Cities. 1991. 112p. Soft wraps. At 2 a.m. on the morning of Monday, December 4, 1989, the 180-foot Coast Guard buoy tender Mesquite ran aground in 12 feet of dark, icy waters of Lake Superior off Keweenaw Point in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. With a crew of 53 aboard, the cutter was in the process of removing aids to navigation from the lake prior to winter freeze. The Mesquite suffered severe damage which caused extensive flooding of the engine room. A list to the port side developed, and by 6:20 a.m. Lt. Cmdr. J.R. Lynch, the commanding officer, had ordered abandon ship. Severe weather following the accident left the ship in a poor condition and by mid-December the Coast Guard had determined that the cutter could not be saved. This book follows the life of the Mesquite from its launch in Duluth during World War II to its tragic death on the rocks of Keweenaw Point in 1989. The ship is now part of a new underwater preserve. Complete with color photography, charts and never before-printed historical photos of the Mesquite’s construction. Out of print, difficult to find. (M). $22.