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Fatal Voyage

The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

Dan Kurzman

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English
Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Del
14 August 2001
Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, the Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea. The ship had just left the island of Tinian, delivering components of the atomic bomb destined for Hiroshima. As the torpedoes hit, the Indianapolis erupted into a fiery coffin, sinking in less than fifteen minutes and leaving nine hundred crewmen fighting for life in shark-infested waters. They expected a swift, routine rescue, unaware that the Navy high command didn't even realize that the Indianapolis was missing. Help would not arrive for another five days.

Drawn from definitive interviews with key figures, Fatal Voyage recounts the horrific events endured as the number of water-treading survivors dwindled to just 316. Each gruesome day brought more madness and slow death, from explosion-related injuries, dehydration, and, most terrifying of all, shark attacks. But the pain did not end when the men finally returned home- The Indianapolis's commander, Captain Charles B. McVay III, was court-martialed for causing the clearly unavoidable disaster.

With a new afterword chronicling the fifty-five-year campaign by Indianapolis survivors and their supporters to win public vindication for Captain McVay, this classic is restored, along with memories of the Indianapolis crew.
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Imprint:   Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Del
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 204mm,  Width: 133mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   439g
ISBN:   9780767906784
ISBN 10:   0767906780
Pages:   416
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dan Kurzman, a former foreign correspondent forThe Washington Post, is the author of 16 books and the winner of five major literary and journalistic awards. His books includeFatal Voyage- The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis; Left to Die- The Tragedy of the USS Juneau;andGenesis 1948- The First Arab-Israeli War. He lives in North Bergen, New Jersey.

Reviews for Fatal Voyage: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

Mr. Kurzman's description of the Indianapolis...lingers in the memory...A well-told-and disturbing-disaster story. --New York Times Book Review Kurzman's gripping book paints a...horrible scene. The sinking of the Indianapolis was-and remains-perhaps the most shameful naval disaster in American history. --People Mr. Kurzman s description of the Indianapolis lingers in the memory A well-told and disturbing disaster story. -- New York Times Book Review Kurzman s gripping book paints a horrible scene. The sinking of the Indianapolis was and remains perhaps the most shameful naval disaster in American history. -- People Mr. Kurzman's description of the Indianapolis. ..lingers in the memory...A well-told-and disturbing-disaster story. -- New York Times Book Review Kurzman's gripping book paints a...horrible scene. The sinking of the Indianapolis was-and remains-perhaps the most shameful naval disaster in American history. -- People Mr. Kurzman's description of the Indianapolis ...lingers in the memory...A well-told-and disturbing-disaster story. -- New York Times Book Review Kurzman's gripping book paints a...horrible scene. The sinking of the Indianapolis was-and remains-perhaps the most shameful naval disaster in American history. -- People Mr. Kurzman's description of the Indianapolis,. .lingers in the memory...A well-told-and disturbing-disaster story. -- New York Times Book Review Kurzman's gripping book paints a...horrible scene. The sinking of the Indianapolis was-and remains-perhaps the most shameful naval disaster in American history. -- People Mr. Kurzman's description of the Indianapolis...lingers in the memory...A well-told-and disturbing-disaster story. -- New York Times Book Review Kurzman's gripping book paints a...horrible scene. The sinking of the Indianapolis was-and remains-perhaps the most shameful naval disaster in American history. -- People


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