[3] Built in 1946, it is notable for its involvement in the 1952 SS Pendleton rescue, one of the most daring such events recorded in the history of the United States Coast Guard.

Most of its wooden elements are white oak frames, with cypress planking, and it has a total weight of nearly 20,000 pounds (9,100 kg).

[4] On 18 February 1952, the crew of CG-36500, which consisted of Boatswain's Mate First Class Bernard C. Webber (coxswain), Engineman Third Class Andrew Fitzgerald, Seaman Ervin Maske, and Seaman Richard P. Livesey,[5] rescued 32 of 33 crewmen trapped on the stern section of the tanker SS Pendleton, which had broken in half in a storm off Chatham, Massachusetts.

(The ship's eight other crew members, including Captain John Fitzgerald, were on the bow section when it broke off and sank.

[8] Restoration work was completed in six months and the boat was re-launched in a public ceremony that Bernard Webber and his wife attended.