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Abandon Ship!
- The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
Sailing across the Pacific, the battle-scarred heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis had just delivered a secret cargo that would trigger the end of World War II. Heading westward, she was sunk by a Japanese submarine. In 12 minutes, some 300 men went down with her. More than 900 other spent four horrific days and five nights in the ocean with no water to drink, savaged by a pitiless sun and swarms of sharks. Incredibly, no one knew they were there until a navy patrol plane accidentally discovered them. In the end, only 316 crewmen survived.
How could this have happened - and why? This updated edition of Abandon Ship!, with an introduction and afterword by Peter Maas, supplies the chilling answer. A harrowing account of military malfeasance and human tragedy, Abandon Ship! also scrutinizes the role of the US Navy in the disaster, especially the court-martial of the ship's captain, Charles Butler McVay III. Maas reveals facts previously unavailable to Richard Newcomb and chronicles a 40-year crusade to right a wrong, a crusade Abandon Ship! inspired.
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- William Rymer
- 13-11-19
Amazing human story
This recounts the amazing ability of humans to survive in extraordinary circumstances, and also details the horror of humanity in covering up and scapegoating our heroes. Amazing history.
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- LtCol RD Rtrd
- 03-11-20
Great see disaster.
All the background, tragedy of an American Destroyer. Secrets, blame, incontinence, shame of High Command, All potentially unavoidable. Shop commander's incompetence,,who stops anti-gay procedures.
You name it the US Navy command tried to blame the ship captain, even under proof.
Typical USA attempt to cover up the truth, as always.
It shames the USA command and control. The government.
A harrowing story that shames the USA Navy Command, almost typical you could call it typical Blue on Blue, so avoidable. But in all wars right to incidences in Desert Storm and Afgan Wars, where the guilty are never punished, but blame always applied to lower ranks never the Admirals, Generals etc.
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