Finback

But on board the "Finback," Bush had plenty of time to contemplate their loss.

CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2003 2003

ZAHN: Bush would serve on the "Finback" for 30 days before the sub returned to Pearl Harbor from its patrol.

CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2003 2003

For more than two harrowing hours at sea alone in a rubber life raft, he was rescued by the crew of the USS Finback.

CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2006 2006

A couple of guys who were on Finback, the submarine that rescued me off the Japanese island, they will be there and then a lot of straphangers, a huge turnout.

CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2006 2006

A couple of guys who were on Finback, the submarine that rescued me off the Japanese island, they will be there and then a lot of straphangers, a huge turnout.

CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2006 2006

The Finback, the sub which picked up Bush from his raft in the water, made no report of a fire on Bush's plane, but did comment on his crew: "Bush stated that he failed to see his crew's parachutes and believed they had jumped when the plane was still over ChiChi Jima, or they had gone down with the plane."

Archive 2004-08-01 2004

About six hours later, the Finback picked up another pilot, James W. Beckman, from the USS Enterprise, who stated that it was known that only one man had parachuted from Bush's plane.

Who's Yer Daddy? Bill Clinton? 2004

About six hours later, the Finback picked up another pilot, James W. Beckman, from the USS Enterprise, who stated that it was known that only one man had parachuted from Bush's plane.

Ted Sampley and the Politics of Hero Destruction 2004

The Finback, the sub which picked up Bush from his raft in the water, made no report of a fire on Bush's plane, but did comment on his crew: "Bush stated that he failed to see his crew's parachutes and believed they had jumped when the plane was still over ChiChi Jima, or they had gone down with the plane."

Who's Yer Daddy? Bill Clinton? 2004

About six hours later, the Finback picked up another pilot, James W. Beckman, from the USS Enterprise, who stated that it was known that only one man had parachuted from Bush's plane.

Archive 2004-08-01 2004