The wrecks of the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer rank among the worst disasters in New England maritime history. Cape Codders are well aware of how both tankers broke in half during a massive storm off ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In February of 1952, the SS Pendleton and SS Fort Mercer were headed north from Louisiana when a massive storm struck them near ...

The ferocious February nor’easter that severely disrupted Atlantic shipping more than a half-century ago nearly took the life of a Baltimore merchant mariner who was aboard a crippled oil tanker. The ...

The lighthouse and Coast Guard station at the elbow of Cape Cod keep watch over the Atlantic Ocean and Chatham Bar, usually the scene of rough and swirling water even on the calmest days. Feb. 18, ...

Wayne Higgins still remembers that night in February 1952 when two commercial tankers, the SS Fort Mercer and the SS Pendleton, each broke in half during a nor’easter off the coast of Cape Cod.

In the winter of 1952, two World War II-era tanker ships faced catastrophe during a horrific nor’easter off the coast of Massachusetts. The ships, the SS Pendleton and SS Fort Mercer, split in two ...

Every summer, vacationers flock to the tranquil stretches of beach, boating docks, and quaint rows of seaside houses that line Cape Cod. Hydrangeas bloom at the edges of manicured lawns. Children run ...

In February of 1952, the SS Pendleton and SS Fort Mercer were headed north from Louisiana when a massive storm struck them near Cape Cod. Both ships eventually split in half, with the survivors ...