The new movie "The Finest Hours" is the tale of the 1952 sinking of the SS Pendleton in a storm off Cape Cod, and the daring rescue of its crew by the members of the Chatham Coast Guard Station. Now the Center for Coastal Studies, in Provincetown, has done some extensive underwater mapping of the wreckage of the Pendleton.
The remains of the wreck lie in about 30 feet of water off Monomoy.
Dr. Mark Borrelli, the Center’s Director of Marine Geology, led the mapping project, which was done using side scan sonar. Speaking with Steve Junker, Borrelli describes the condition of the Pendleton wreckage and explains how the Center for Coastal Studies is using sonar to map underwater ecosystems. The conversation is posted below - give it a listen.
