Returning to America after delivering the fatal bomb for Gnola Gay, The USS Indianapolis was out of radio contact when it was torpedoed. Consequently its sinking remained undetected by the Navy for nearly five days as the 900 survivors of the impact were lost into the Pacific Ocean to face savage seas, hypothermia and sharks. Of the 1196 men on board, only 316 survived. Interweaving the stories of three survivors - the Captain, the ship's doctor and a young marine - this is an account of a little-known chapter in World War II history.
- ISBN10 0805073663
- ISBN13 9780805073669
- Publish Date 1 May 2003 (first published 4 April 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St. Martin's Griffin
- Format Paperback
- Pages 339
- Language English