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by William R. Benedetto

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William R. Benedetto

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978-0806526348

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0806526343

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Citadel (March 1, 2005)

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Sailing into the Abyss. com User, April 13, 2005. This is truly one of the rare "can't put it down" books I have read! Learn about true heroism on the high seas and the challenges faced by the U. S. Maritime Service

Sailing into the Abyss. Maritime Service. As a U. Coast Guard veteran (and retiree), I was fascined by this hair-raising story of the shipment of bombs to a war zone.

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Benedetto, who lives in Wilsonville, Or. reconstructs the true wartime story of the Merchant Marine vessel Badger State, which in 1969 set sail from Hood Canal en route to Vietnam with 5,000 tons of bombs on board. When those bombs started breaking loose from their pallets during rough seas, the fate of the ship and its crew was sealed.

Source for information on Benedetto, William R. 1928- (William Ralph Benedetto): Contemporary Authors . Maritime Literature Award, 2006, for Sailing into the Abyss: A True Story of Extreme Heroism on the High Seas

Source for information on Benedetto, William R. 1928- (William Ralph Benedetto): Contemporary Authors dictionary. Maritime Literature Award, 2006, for Sailing into the Abyss: A True Story of Extreme Heroism on the High Seas. WRITINGS: Sailing into the Abyss: A True Story of Extreme Heroism on the High Seas, Kensington Publishing (New York, NY), 2005. SIDELIGHTS: William R. Benedetto told CA: "My story of the merchant marine vessel SS Badger came out of my Coast Guard service. I always had a hankering to write, but life intervened. I recognized the story of this ship to be truly unique in maritime annals and filed the idea away for future reference.

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Relates the December 1969 voyage of the S.S. Badger State, an American merchant ship carrying a cargo of bombs to Vietnam, as violent storms caused the cargo to break free of its packing, causing the crew to abandon ship before it was destroyed by explosions.

MisTereO

I was interested in this book because I sailed on an identical ship a few months later. We landed bombs at the same ammo depot in Washington. I can only imagine the terror of the crew, attempting to resecure bombs in the holds. A ship of that size only had about 45 men in the crew. So the few available for securing the ammo must have been exhausted. This is an excellent description of the tragedy. Having looked out (and up) at 30 foot waves, I wondered how it would be even possible to launch a life boat.

Black_Hawk_Down

"Sailing into the Abyss" by William R. Benedetto is to the Merchant fleet what the "Perfect Storm" was to the sword-fishing fleet.

The book gives "arm-chair" sailors like me, uncontrollable shakes and chattering teeth even...with a hot cup of coffee in hand! Benedetto's writing abilities plunges the reader directly into the cold sea next to the unfortunate struggling seaman who has just abandoned his sinking ship.

This is the riveting story of the Merchant vessel "S.S. Badger State" that was taking its deadly cargo of bombs and munitions to Da Nang to help support our troops and the war effort in Vietnam. Shortly before Christmas of 1969, the "S. S. Badger State" runs into two gargantuan storms that seem to converge directly into the men and cargo of the "S.S. Badger State." The bombs break loose in their cargo holds, and then...
you must read the book!

The author is really a superb writer and nautical historian. However, he sometimes gives too many historical examples of similar events to intensify the fate of this particular ship and incident. His examples are extremely interesting but...often too long. These constant historical vignettes only serve to take the readers focus away from the main events at hand. Much of that ancillary information could easily be put into another book on historical ship wrecks.

William Benedetto deserves the highest praises for sharing his expertise and love for those who suffer peril upon the seas.

A truly good book and one that all sailors, past and present should read.

Aye--Aye Captain!

Kann

This book gives you a fascinating account of a Vietnam era merchant ship carrying ammunition to Danang. The author has researched well. Having sailed on an identical ship with an identical cargo five months after the sinking, I understood the terror that the crew felt as they tried to secure the 500 and 2000 pound bombs that were loose in the cargo holds. They used up all their available dunnage (lumber) to secure the bombs, but to no avail. Mountainous seas caused the bombs to break loose again and again. Having been in rough weather, I admired their seamanship in actually launching a life boat. The only downside (but not for me) was the detail the author goes into describing other aspects of the US Merchant Marine. It distracts from the main story, but gives you an accurate picture of the USMM during that era.

invincible

Very few people are likely to have heard of the loss of the American merchant ship Badger State at Christmas of 1969. She was carrying a load of bombs to resupply the Air Force in Vietnam, and a chain of unfortunate events--poor stowage of the explosives, carrying an insufficient amount of cargo so that the ship rode high, bad weather--combined to lead almost inevitably to tragedy.

Benedetto, in very simple and unadorned prose that is not bogged down by a great deal of nautical jargon, provides a workmanlike rendition of the last days of the ship and crew. He draws heavily upon the documented testimony of survivors before a Board of Inquiry and received very significant input from Charles Wilson, the captain of the late vessel.

He also throws in a great deal of material (which at times verges on simple padding) about the tragic experiences of many other ships of the U.S. Merchant Marine over the last two hundred years, particularly about their destruction by, or, in some cases, escape from, Axis forces in WWII.

A small number of black and white photos are included. The diagrams of the ship and of the bomb pallets would have been better placed at the beginning of the book for easier reference.

This is not a lyrical and haunting masterpiece of man's struggle against the hostility of nature, but it's a serviceable enough rendering of an otherwise forgotten disaster and a nice primer about the sacrifices of the merchant marine.

Buridora

This was an interesting read especially for us that have spent some time at sea ourselves. There are however weaknesses, in my opinion, which downgrades my rating. The author has taken some artistic license with his narrative. I would have thought he could have been more specific in regards to actual weather conditions. These must be available from records available to the company, the Navy or the routing service. The descriptions of the weather are too general. Another thing I found curios was a near total lack of a description of the contact and communications held between the ship's Master and the company - States Marine. There must have been volumes!

Still, all in all an interesting enough description of the events during those dramatic days. Not a pleasant way to spend a Christmas at sea.

Naa

I received the book promptly and in the condition described. The book is well written and keeps me on the edge of my seat. I recommend the seller, and the book!

lucky kitten

Great book. Brings back memories.

Excellent Story. Well told.

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