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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
1110L
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English
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On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they struggled to stay alive, battered by a savage sea and fighting off sharks, hypothermia, and dementia. By the time help arrived-nearly four days and nights later-all but 317 men had died. How did the navy fail to realize the Indianapolis was...
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[2017]
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English
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The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
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For fans of sea battles, adventures, and war stories like Unbroken, this is the incredible true story of a boy who helps to bring closure to the survivors of the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and helps exonerate the ship’s captain fifty years later.
Hunter Scott first learned about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis by watching the movie Jaws when he was just eleven-years-old. This was fifty...
Hunter Scott first learned about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis by watching the movie Jaws when he was just eleven-years-old. This was fifty...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
1260L
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English
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Recalls the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the end of World War II, the navy cover-up and unfair court martial of the ship's captain, and how a young boy helped the survivors set the record straight fifty-five years later.
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[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
640L
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English
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In 1945, twelve-year-old Patrick and his younger brother Teddy stow away on the U.S.S. Indianapolis in a desperate attempt to get back to the Philippines where they last saw their parents, just before the Japanese invasion. But when the ship is sunk, they find themselves clinging to a piece of debris without food or water and with hungry sharks circling below.
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Updated edition, in which Peter Maas reveals facts previously unavailable to Richard Newcomb and chronicles the forty-year crusade to restore the Indianapolis' captain, Charles Butler McVay, III's good name. The captain was court-martialed and convicted of "hazarding" his ship. He had asked for a destroyer escort and was told it wasn't necessary. But it was. The ship was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine. In twelve minutes, 300 men went down...
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July 30, 1945: The heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis was sunk by a torpedo. 1,196 men went into the water. When rescue arrived five days later, only 317 remained. What happened during those five terrible days? Full of harrowing personal accounts from survivors, and written by a veteran who served aboard the cruiser before the attack, Ordeal by Sea chronicles the stark human drama and sensational aftermath of one of the worst disasters in naval history....
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Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, days after delivering the components of the atomic bomb from California to the Pacific Islands in the most highly classified naval mission of the war, the USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the center of the Philippine Sea when she is struck by two Japanese torpedoes. The ship is instantly transformed into a fiery cauldron and sinks within minutes. Some 300 men go down with the ship. Nearly 900 make it into...
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2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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A young readers edition of Doug Stanton and Michael J. Tougias' New York Times bestseller In Harm's Way-a riveting World War II account of the greatest maritime disaster in US naval history. On July 30, 1945, the U.S.S. Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four...
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Contributions to naval history volume no. 7
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English
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Dedicated to the Sailors and Marines who lost their lives on the final voyage of USS Indianapolis and to
those who survived the torment at sea following its sinking. plus the crews that risked their lives in rescue ships.
The USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a decorated World War II warship that is primarily remembered for her worst 15 minutes.
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This ship earned ten (10) battle stars for her service in World War II and was credited
...Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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In July 1945, a Japanese submarine sinks the USS Indianapolis. Indianapolis₂ final resting place remains a mystery for more than seven decades, until an expedition launched by philanthropist Paul G. Allen discovers the ship in August 2017. Now the story of USS Indianapolis is told as PBS reconstructs the ship₂s heroic legacy, its dramatic final moments, and the discovery of the wreck site.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"USS Indianapolis: the legacy CA-35 tells the fate of the World War II heavy cruiser using excluisively first-person account. The last crew and their families share gripping stories of kamikaze attacks, invasions, a secret mission, and ultimately a devastating torpedo attack that killed three fourths of the crew."--Container.
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