Stanton, Doug

In harm's way the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the extraordinary story of its survivors / Doug Stanton - 1st ed. - New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2001. - 333 p

Prologue: Sailor on a Chain --
Part One: Sailing To War ; One: All Aboard ; Two: Good-bye, Golden Gate ; Three: The First Domino --
Part Two: Sunk ; Four: The Burning Sea ; Five: Abandon Ship ; Six: Hope Afloat ; Seven: Shark Attack ; Eight: Genocide --
Part Three: Rescue ; Nine: Dead Drift ; Ten: Final Hours ; Eleven: Aftermath ; Twelve: Back in the World --
Epilogue --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Author's Note --
Index.

Chronicles the worst disaster in U.S. naval history, describing heroism in the face of persistent shark attacks and hypothermia after the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis in the South Pacific in the final days of World War II.

0805066322

00068254


Indianapolis (Cruiser)


World War--Naval operations, American. --1939-1945
Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean.

D774.I5 / S73 2001

940.545973 Sta 15