Indianapolis
The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: 578 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
"Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial."--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Prologue: the ship -- The kamikaze -- The mission -- The deep -- Trial and scandal -- An innocent man.
Subjects:
McVay, Charles Butler, III, 1898-1968 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Indianapolis (Cruiser) -- History.
United States. Navy -- Search and rescue operations -- Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- Pacific Ocean.
Shipwrecks -- Pacific Ocean.
McVay, Charles Butler, III, 1898-1968 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Indianapolis (Cruiser) -- History.
United States. Navy -- Search and rescue operations -- Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- Pacific Ocean.
Shipwrecks -- Pacific Ocean.
ISBN:
9781501135941 (hardcover)
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HISTORY War WWII Campaigns Pacific Vin | North Main | New, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY War WWII Campaigns Pacific Vin | Northeast Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY War WWII Campaigns Pacific Vin | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.