Ordeal by Sea: The Tragedy of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
by By Helm, Thomas
Category: Biography & Autobiography , Military

Chronicles the harrowing ordeal of survivors of the sinking of U.S.S. Indianapolis, destroyed by a Japanese torpedo in the final days of World War II after delivering the atomic bomb to Tinian, a disaster that left many men in the water, subject to a terrifying series of shark attacks that cost more than eight hundred lives. Reprint.