Combat Ships S01E07 - Rescue Ships
Combat Ships (2017)
S01E07 Rescue Ships
Episode Overview
Over the last two hundred years of warfare, ships have been crucial in saving countless lives—whether by transporting the injured, providing refuge, or helping those escaping peril. Join the journey aboard some of history's most notable rescue vessels, including the USS Constellation, which actively pursued illegal slave ships, and an unexpected hero from World War II: a small workboat that rescued hundreds of Danish Jews from the horrors of Nazi oppression.