Title: The wreck of the Memphis /
Authors: Beach, Edward L.
Date: 1966
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
Physical description: 7 unnumbered pages, 312 pages, 4 plates (including port.) : plan ; 22 cm
Language: English
LC classification: V
Abstract: The sinking of the U.S.S. Memphis off Santa Domingo Harbor, August 29, 1916, and the effect on its captain, the author's father.
Contents: Whence came USS Memphis -- Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1916, at Santa Domingo -- until midafternoon -- Engine rooms and firerooms, from 3:30 to 4:35 -- Castine -- to 4:06 p.m. 29 Aug., 1916 -- Memphis, topside during the critical hour 3:35 to 4:35 p.m. -- The marines at Fort Ozama 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 -- The recreation party -- Castine -- 4:06 p.m. and afterward -- The starboard engine room of Memphis, after 4:35 -- The firerooms after 4:35 -- The port engine room from 4:30 -- Topside -- 4:35 and after -- As seen from the shore -- Abandon ship -- The boats -- The end of the Memphis -- A board of inquest, two courts of inquiry, and a general court-martial -- Vindication.
Notes: Map on endpapers. Based chiefly on the autobiographical and other writings of E.L. Beach, Sr.
Subject headings (LCSH): Memphis (Cruiser); Memphis (U.S. cruiser)