Abandon Ship! : The Saga of the U. S. S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster
by Newcomb, Richard F
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harpertorch, 2001. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Sailing across the Pacific, the battle-scarred heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis had just delivered a secret cargo that would trigger the end of World War II. Heading westward , she was sunk by a Japanese submarine. In twelve minutes, some 300 men went down with her. More than 900 others spent four horrific days and five nights in the ocean with no water to drink, savaged by a pitiless sun and swarms of sharks. Incredibly, no one knew they were there until a Navy patrol plane accidentally discovered them. In the end, only 316 crewmen survived. How could this have happened -- and why? This updated edition of Abandon Ship!, with a new introduction and afterword by Peter Maas, supplies the chilling answer. A harrowing account of military malfeasance and human tragedy, Abandon Ship! also scrutinizes the role of the U.S. Navy in the disaster, especially the court-martial of the ship's captain, Charles Butler McVay III. Maas reveals facts previously unavailable to Richard Newcomb and chronicles a forty-year crusade to right a wrong, a crusade Abandon Ship! inspired. 400 pages. Top right corner of spine has a small 1"8" tear of the cover coating. Spine has a crease down it..
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- Abandon Ship! : The Saga of the U. S. S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster
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- Newcomb, Richard F
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- New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harpertorch, 2001
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- INDIANAPOLIS CRUISER WORLD WAR 1939 1945 NAVAL OPERATIONS AMERICAN HISTORY MILITARY II 038081904X
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