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Author Vincent, Lynn, author.

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.

Publication Info. New York ; London ; Toronto : Simon & Schuster, [2018]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  940.54 Vin    ---  Available
Description 578 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-540) and index.
Contents Prologue: the ship -- The kamikaze -- The mission -- The deep -- The scandal -- An innocent man.
Summary "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."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Indianapolis (Cruiser) -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
United States. Navy -- Search and rescue operations -- Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- Pacific Ocean.
McVay, Charles Butler, III, 1898-1968 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Shipwrecks -- Pacific Ocean.
Added Author Vladic, Sara, author.
Added Title True story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man
ISBN 9781501135941
1501135945

 
    
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