Abandon
Ship!: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster
by Richard F. Newcomb, Peter Maas (Afterword)
In July 1945, the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis put in at the Pacific
atoll of Tinian to deliver a rare cargo: several hundred pounds of uranium,
the makings of the two atomic bombs that only a few weeks later would
be dropped on Japan. Having discharged this duty, the Indianapolis made
way for Guam, and thence for the Philippines, in waters that the high command
had assured its captain were safe. En route, it crossed the path of a Japanese
submarine, which fired six torpedoes and sank the cruiser, killing hundreds
of sailors--some of whom were devoured by sharks--and leaving others to
float in the open ocean for days. Amazon.com
Hardcover - 326 pages 1 Harper edition (December 2000)
Harpercollins; ISBN: 006018471X |
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Fatal
Voyage : The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
by Dan Kurzman, Harlan M. Twible
Broadway Books
Paperback - 352 pages (August 14, 2001)
In
Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story
of Its Survivors
by Doug Stanton
Hardcover - 320 pages 1st edition (April 2001)
Henry Holt & Company, Inc.; ISBN: 0805066322
Ordeal
by the Sea : The Tragedy of the U.S.S Indianapolis
by Thomas Helm, et al
July 30, 1945: The heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis was sunk by a
torpedo. 1,196 men went into the water. When rescue arrived five days later,
only 317 remained. What happened during those five terrible days? Amazon.com
Signet Paperback - 251 pages
Reissue edition (June 12, 2001)
Left
for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis
by Peter Nelson, Hunter Scott
Left to Die : The Tragedy of the USS Juneau
by Dan Kurzman
Listed under War in the Pacific
Ray Parkin's Wartime Trilogy
by Ray Parkin
An extraordinary work by an Australian who endured the sinking of his
ship, HMAS Perth, after an epic battle against impossible odds. Dropbears.com
Listed under Australia at War
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