The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster.
The whole story of the greatest single disaster in U.S. naval history, rediscovered and chillingly updated by Peter Maas.
In the final days of World War I, a Navy heavy cruiser, the U.S.S. Indianapolis, is sent on a mission to the island of Tinian in the western Pacific delivering cargo so top-secret that even the captian doesn't know what it is. Upon her return, the Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine. Around 300 men go down with the ship. Some 900 more, in life jackets and rafts, await a rescue that doesn't seem to come. In fact, no one is even looking for them until those still alive are accidently spotted - four horrifiic days and five nights after the ship had sunk.
Originally published in 1958, this book was the first book to describe, in vivid detail, how the survivors of the Indianapolis watched their shipmates fall prey to shark attacks, dehydration and death. It was also the first book to examine the role the U.S. Navy played in this disaster and to question why the captain, Charles McVay, was court-martialled. In the two essays written especially for this edition, bestselling author Peter Maas reveals the impact this book had on the lives on the survivors as well as how the publication led to a nationwide effort to exonerate Captain McVay, and to correct a grave miscarriage of justice.
This large 326 page softcover is illustrated with black and white photographs. The cover has some light corner creases, however spine is uncreased and internally it is in a very good, tight, clean condition.
Postage quoted is for within Australia only and as this is a large, heavy book overseas customers should email me for a postage quote before bidding. Local pick up is not available.
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