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Indianapolis : the true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man
Title:
Indianapolis : the true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man
Author:
Vincent, Lynn.
ISBN:
9781501135941
Personal Author:
Vincent, Lynn.
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York :

Simon & Schuster,

c2018.
Physical Description:
578 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
Prologue: the ship -- The kamikaze -- The mission -- The deep -- Trial and scandal -- An innocent man.
Abstract:
"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--andthe fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial."--Provided by publisher.
Personal Subject:
McVay, Charles Butler, III, 1898-1968-Trials, litigation, etc.

McVay, Charles Butler, III, 1898-1968.
Corporate Subject:
Indianapolis (Cruiser) -- History.

Indianapolis (Cruiser)

United States. Navy -- Search and rescue operations -- Pacific Ocean.

United States. Navy.
Subject Term:
History.

Search and rescue operations.

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

World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- Pacific Ocean.

Shipwrecks -- Pacific Ocean.

Shipwrecks.
Geographic Term:
Pacific Ocean.
Added Author:
Vladic, Sara,
Publication Date:
2018