Read in August 2018
I first heard about this incident from some old salts talking about it while onboard the USS Portland and out at sea. It was one of those stories that every sailor learned about while learning how to live on the ocean.
And of course I later heard about it from Robert Shaw description of the incident in the movie Jaws.
This book was promoted as the definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in US Naval history. It is an extraordinary account of the attack and sinking of the USS Indianapolis after it delivered the atomic bomb to US forces in the Pacific and the aftermath where over 900 sailors survived the attack but went into the water where only 316 survive to be rescued including the captain who is later court martialed. The second part of the book is about the efforts of the surviving crewmembers to clear the name of their skipper and vindicate the captain.
This is an incredible book.
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