Best Uss Indianapolis Book. The ship had just left the island of tinian, delivering components of the atomic bomb destined for hiroshima. The elements, lack of water and food, fire and oil, dehydration, and sharks lead to the deaths of nearly 600 more enduring four more days in the water before being discovered and rescued.
What makes the disaster even more grievous is. Uss indianapolis book the true story of the worst sea disaster by lynn vincent. This book tells the incredible journey of the u.s.s.
Outland has never read a book about the sinking of the uss indianapolis during world war ii.
On july 30, 1945, the uss indianapolis was torpedoed in the south pacific by a japanese submarine. The legacy—ten years in the making —gathers together interviews of remaining witnesses to the uss indianapolis tragedy. The ship had just left the island of tinian, delivering components of the atomic bomb destined for hiroshima. Doug stanton, author, doug stanton, afterword by in harm's way: