num_pages: 326
description: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was heading west across the Pacific, having delivered a secret cargo that would help bring about the end of World War Two. Its captain had been refused a destroyer escort. Suddenly the ship was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese sub. Three hundred men died in the first 12 minutes. More than 900 others spent four days and five nights in the ocean -- with no water, no shelter from the sun, and no protection from sharks. The Navy was unaware of their plight. Somehow, 316 of them survived. How could this have happened?
language: English
title: Abandon Ship!: The Sage Of The U.s.s. Indianapolis, The Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster
titlecomplete: Abandon Ship!: The Sage Of The U.s.s. Indianapolis, The Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster
genres: Historical, Military Fiction, History, Survival, World War II, Adventure, American History, War, Military History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 973
publisher: Diane Pub Co