In Harm's Way
The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
New York, NY : Holt Paperbacks, 2022, ©2022.
Format: Book
Edition: Revised and updated Holt Paperbacks edition.
Description: xxx, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
"On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four days and nights. Battered by a savage sea, they struggled to stay alive, fighting off sharks, hypothermia, and dementia. By the time rescue arrived, all but 316 men had died. The captain's subsequent court-martial left many questions unanswered: How did the navy fail to realize the Indianapolis was missing? Why was the cruiser traveling unescorted in enemy waters? And perhaps most amazing of all, how did these 316 men manage to survive? Interweaving the stories of three survivors--the captain, the ship's doctor, and a young marine--journalist Doug Stanton has brought this astonishing human drama to life in a narrative that is at once immediate and timeless"--Page 4 of cover.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE SAILING TO WAR -- One. All Aboard -- Two. Good-Bye, Golden Gate -- Three. The First Domino -- pt. TWO SUNK -- Four. The Burning Sea -- Five. Abandon Ship -- Six. Hope Afloat -- Seven. Shark Attack -- Eight. Genocide -- pt. THREE RESCUE -- Nine. Dead Drift -- Ten. Final Hours -- Eleven. Aftermath -- Twelve. Back in the World.
Subjects:
Indianapolis (Cruiser)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
Shipwrecks -- Pacific Ocean.
Indianapolis (Cruiser)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
Shipwrecks -- Pacific Ocean.
ISBN:
9781250853493
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HISTORY War WWII Naval Sta | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
"With a new chapter by the author"--Cover.
Originally published in hardcover in 2001 by Henry Holt and Company.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published in hardcover in 2001 by Henry Holt and Company.
Includes bibliographical references and index.