Patrol and Rescue Boats on Puget Sound (Images of America)
Chuck Fowler, a maritime historian, has written books about tall ships and tugboats and freelance articles on regional maritime heritage subjects. He is an Air Force veteran, past president of the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society in Seattle, and has been active in many nonprofit heritage organizations. Dan Withers is a retired wireless communication executive and Navy destroyer veteran of the Vietnam War. He is founder and president of Combatant Craft of America, a nonprofit group dedicated to preserving warboat history, including the restoration of a World War II-era Coast Guard patrol boat.