Vincent, Lynn

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 - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - New York : Simon & Schuster , 2018 - 578 p. : illus. ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-540) and index.

Prologue: the ship -- The kamikaze -- The mission -- The deep -- Trial and scandal -- An innocent man.

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 - and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial.


English.

9781501135941


McVay, Charles Butler III (1898-1968) ---Trials, litigation, etc.


Indianapolis (Cruiser)---History
United States---Navy---Search and rescue operations---Pacific Ocean


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

D774.I5 / V56 2018

940.5426 VIN