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NIGHT CROSSINGS
- Maritime stories of rogue waves at night on California's notorious Humboldt Bar
- By: Jon Humboldt Gates
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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At night, a harbor entrance becomes a dark and unpredictable corridor. One of the most dangerous harbor crossings in North America is the entrance to Humboldt Bay, on the California North Coast. For years, mariners have traded tales of shipwrecks and narrow escapes on the bar. The five stories retold here occurred between 1933 and 1982. They are based on recollections of sailors who survived the treacherous waters when a rogue wave came out of the darkness. In 1933, two teenagers pilot a small sailboat on a midnight adventure. Forty years later, Christmas Eve turns into a nightmare for the ...
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NIGHT CROSSINGS
- Maritime stories of rogue waves at night on California's notorious Humboldt Bar
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 04-28-24
- Language: English
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Before The Dolphins Guild
- A Story of Heroic Efforts to Save Two Navy Submarine Crews Trapped Under the Sea in 1915 and 1916
- By: Jon Gates, Ric Hedman, Chief David Johnston
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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In the early days of submarining, before the Great War, two U.S. submarine disasters riveted the nation as the stories unfolded in local and national newspapers. In Hawaii, the USS F-4 left Honolulu on a routine training run in March 1915 — and disappeared with its crew of 21 men. At Northern California’s Humboldt Bay in December 1916, the USS H-3 crashed onto the sea floor during a treacherous bar crossing attempt and was pinned under roiling surf with its crew of 27. Both rescue attempts would become historic naval events, requiring tremendous courage, innovation, and stamina from all...
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Before The Dolphins Guild
- A Story of Heroic Efforts to Save Two Navy Submarine Crews Trapped Under the Sea in 1915 and 1916
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 03-10-24
- Language: English
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