Sybert, played by Affleck, became the de facto captain of the stern. ![]() Fitzgerald and seven crewmen had gone down with the bow. ![]() It would later be confirmed that Captain John J. But the crew didn’t realize the tanker had split in half until a young seaman named Chris Bridges ascended to the catwalk and realized that it just ended a few feet in front of him. ![]() ![]() The tanker had sustained a three-way fracture the previous year, and despite a failure to repair it, the boat still passed inspection in January 1952, the month before the storm. Warning: Spoilers for The Finest Hours follow.įact: The Pendleton split in half because of a crack in its hull that couldn’t hold against the raging sea.
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