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<p>She was a ship of destiny. Sailing across the Pacific, the battle scarred heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis had just delivered a secret cargo that would trigger the end of World War II. As she was continuing westward, her captain asked for a destroyer escort. He was told it wasn't necessary. But it was. She was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine. In twelve minutes, some 300 men went down with her. More then 900 others spent four horrific days and five nights in the ocean with no w
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- Author
- Newcomb, Richard F., Maas, Peter
- Publisher
- New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780060184711
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Thriller, World War Ii
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (604 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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