The Tragic Fate of the U.S.S. Indianapolis: The U.S. Navy's Worst Disaster at Sea
"There have been many books and articles on the sinking, but  Lech is the first person to have had access to the confidential  records and court martial proceedings," said LJ's reviewer of  this 1982 investigation into the sinking of the navy cruiser  Indianapolis, which was torpedoed by the Japanese after  delivering the Hiroshima bomb. Most of the crew died, and the  ship's captain was court martialed. Lech claims, however, that  the skipper was entirely blameless and that the Navy fabricated  a major cover-up to save the careers of numerous admirals and  other high-ranking officers. This book "should be in all World  War II collections" (LJ 12/15/82).Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.