02143cam a2200397 i 4500 386250761 TxAuBib 20190711120000.0 180330s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018015537 9781501135941 hardcover 1501135945 hardcover 9781501135958 trade pbk. 1501135953 trade pbk. TxAuBib rda Vincent, Lynn. 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. True story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, [2018] 578 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-540) and index. Prologue: the ship -- The kamikaze -- The mission -- The deep -- Trial and scandal -- An innocent man. "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. 20190711. McVay, Charles Butler, III, 1898-1968 Trials, litigation, etc. Indianapolis (Cruiser) History. United States Navy Search and rescue operations Pacific Ocean. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 Search and rescue operations Pacific Ocean. Shipwrecks Pacific Ocean. Vladic, Sara, author.