Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500
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Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500 is a historic 36-foot lifeboat berthed at Rock Harbor in Orleans, Massachusetts
Orleans, Massachusetts
Orleans is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. Barnstable County is coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 5,890 at the 2010 census....

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The boat was built in 1946 and added to the National Historic Register in 2005.

On February 18, 1952, the CG 36500 rescued 33 of 34 crewmen trapped aboard the tanker SS Pendleton, which had broken in half in a storm off Chatham, Massachusetts
Chatham, Massachusetts
Chatham is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 6,625 at the 2000 census...

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