The Finest Hours

The Finest Hours

2015 film
In 1952, four Coast Guard members brave a powerful winter storm to rescue more than 30 stranded sailors from a rapidly sinking oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod.
Release date: January 29, 2016 (USA)
Director: Craig Gillespie
Music composed by: Carter Burwell
Cinematography: Javier Aguirresarobe
Production company: Walt Disney Pictures

Main article: History of the United States Coast Guard § Pendleton rescue

The rescue mission took place in 1952 off the Cape Cod coast after two oil tankers, SS Fort Mercer and SS Pendleton were destroyed by treacherous winter winds and waves. A motor life boat's crew were heroically involved in rescuing nearly all the tankers' crewmen.