Indianapolis
Subtitle: the true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man
By: Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic
Contributors: Vladic, Sara, author
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 578
ISBN-13: 9781501135941
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: United States; Trials, litigation; Search and rescue operations; American Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945; Indianapolis (Cruiser); United States. Navy; Shipwrecks; History
Other titles: True story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man
Description: "Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-540) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: The ship; title: The kamikaze; title: The mission; title: The deep; title: The scandal; title: An innocent man; title: Final log entry: August 19, 2017.