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1929 PRESS PHOTO: SS REPUBLIC IN HIGH SEAS RESCUE OF SCHOONER GANDER DEAL FP494From a Google search:In December 1929, the U.S. linerRepublicrescued 11 crew members from the sinking Newfoundland fishing schoonerGander Dealin a severe winter storm, approximately 1,536 miles east of the Ambrose Lightship. The rescue, conducted via lifeboat by theRepublic's crew, resulted in theGander Dealbeing abandoned, with all hands saved and brought to New York.
- The Rescue:Captain A.M. Moore of theRepublicsighted the distress signal of theGander Deal, which was not equipped with wireless, during a heavy gale.
- Rewards:Eight members of theRepublic's crew who manned the lifeboat, along with Capt. Moore and Chief Officer Harold L. Winslow, were later recognized for their bravery by the United States Lines.
- Context:The schooner was reported as heavily damaged by winter seas.
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