Indianapolis : the true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fig...
Indianapolis : the true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fig...
Indianapolis : the true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man / Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2018/4042
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Language
English
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Physical content
578 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: The ship -- The kamikaze -- The mission -- The deep -- Trial and scandal -- An innocent man -- Final log entry: August 19, 2017.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, days after delivering the components of the atomic bomb from California to the Pacific Islands in the most highly classified naval mission of the war, USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the center of the Philippine Sea when she is struck by two Japanese torpedoes. The ship is instantly transformed into a fie...
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Full 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 / Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic.
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True story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-540) and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/4042
Record Identifier
74VKVkWKpOkO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVkWKpOkO
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ISBN
1501135945 hardcover
9781501135941 hardcover
DDC
940.5426
MMS ID
991024182809602626
