Finest Hour

Based on actual story of a Coast Guard rescue at Sea in 1952. During a brutal winter storm a loaded oil transport ship  breaks in half with the back half managing to stay afloat. A young  coast guardsman is told to try and retrieve the men aboard the sinking ship knowing that the odds of getting out of harbor over a dangerous reef are next to impossible. Two story lines meld together; how the ship was kept afloat and the coast guard rescue. 3 bananas