Dawn of infamy : a sunken ship, a vanished crew, and the final mystery of Pearl Harbor / Stephen Harding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harding, Stephen, 1952- author.

Standardized Title:

Voyage to oblivion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cynthia Olson (Cargo ship).

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.

World War, 1939-1945.

Sea control.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese.

Cargo ships--United States--History--20th century.

Cargo ships.

Submarines (Ships)--Japan--History--20th century.

Submarines (Ships).

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.

HISTORY / Military / World War II.

HISTORY / Military / Naval.

History.

Japan.

United States.

Local Subjects:

HISTORY / Military / World War II.

HISTORY / Military / Naval.

Physical Description:

vii, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2016.

Summary:

"On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the Army reported that it was under attack from a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. What happened to the ill-fated ship? What happened to her crew? And was she Japan's first American victim of the Pacific War?"--Amazon.com.

Contents:

A ship fine and sturdy

The family business

To the land of aloha

Captain and crew

A predator at large

A target found

Destruction from the depths

Bad news travels

Rebirth of a mystery

A story long delayed

Mysteries resolved.

Notes:

Original title: Voyage to oblivion. Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Harding, Stephen, 1952- author. Dawn of infamy

ISBN:

9780306825033

0306825031

OCLC:

933590571