The Barque of Saviors

The “remarkable story” of a tall ship’s history in WWII and beyond—and the sailors who have inhabited it, both German and American ( Booklist ). Hamburg, 1936: A splendid three-masted sailing ship is christened Horst Wessel in the presence of Adolf Hitler and thousands of cheering Nazis. It would become a training vessel for naval officers during World War II—but after Germany’s defeat, the US Coast Guard found its young crew terrified and half starved. The Coast Guardsmen brought the Germans, s