In harm's way : the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the extraordinary story of its survivors / Doug Stanton.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Stanton, Doug, author.

Contributor:

• Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Indianapolis (Cruiser).
• World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
• Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean.
• Military operations, Naval--American.
• Shipwrecks.
• Pacific Ocean.

Physical Description:

xxx, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Edition:

Revised and updated Holt Paperbacks edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Holt Paperbacks, 2022.

Summary:

"On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four days and nights. Battered by a savage sea, they struggled to stay alive, fighting off sharks, hypothermia, and dementia. By the time rescue arrived, all but 316 men had died. The captain's subsequent court-martial left many questions unanswered: How did the navy fail to realize the Indianapolis was missing? Why was the cruiser traveling unescorted in enemy waters? And perhaps most amazing of all, how did these 316 men manage to survive? Interweaving the stories of three survivors--the captain, the ship's doctor, and a young marine--journalist Doug Stanton has brought this astonishing human drama to life in a narrative that is at once immediate and timeless"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE SAILING TO WAR
• One. All Aboard
• Two. Good-Bye, Golden Gate
• Three. The First Domino
• pt. TWO SUNK
• Four. The Burning Sea
• Five. Abandon Ship
• Six. Hope Afloat
• Seven. Shark Attack
• Eight. Genocide
• pt. THREE RESCUE
• Nine. Dead Drift
• Ten. Final Hours
• Eleven. Aftermath
• Twelve. Back in the World.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• "With a new chapter by the author"--Cover.
• Originally published in hardcover in 2001 by Henry Holt and Company.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

• 9781250853493
• 1250853494

OCLC:

1313484585

Online:

The Rosengarten Family Fund Home Page