Down to the Sea
Subtitle: An Epic Story of Naval Disaster and Heroism in World War II
Publisher: Collins; Smithsonian Books/Collins
Published: November 1, 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780061173165
Description: Documents the tale of four U.S. Navy ships that battled a deadly typhoon in 1944, a storm that resulted in 756 deaths, three sunken ships, and extensive damage to other naval vessels, in an account told from the perspectives of survivors and rescue teams.