Empires of the Sea - Audio book

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On July 30, 1945, after completing a top secret mission to deliver parts of the atom bomb "Little Boy," which would be dropped on Hiroshima, the battle cruiser 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 remained, undetected by the navy, for nearly five days. Battered by a savage sea, they struggled to survive, fighting off hypothermia, sharks, physical and mental exhaustion, and, finally, hallucinatory dementia. By the time rescue -- which was purely accidental -- arrived, all but 321 men had lost their lives; 4 more would die in military hospitals shortly thereafter.

The captain's subsequent and highly un usual court-martial left many questions unanswered: How did the navy fail to realize the Indianapolis was missing? Why was the cruiser traveling unescorted in enemy waters? And perhaps most amazing of all, how did these 317 men manage to survive?

General Information
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Title............: In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
Author...........: Doug Stanton
Read By..........: Grover Gardner
Genre............: History
Publisher........: Chivers Sound Library (Unabridged, October 2001)

Original Media Information
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Media............: 8 CDs
Condition........: Very Good

File Information
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Number of MP3s...: 8
Total Duration...: 7 hours 26 minutes
Total MP3 Size...: 283 MB
Ripped by........: deandominic
Ripper...........: Exact Audio Copy
Encoder..........: LAME 3.98
Encoder Settings.: ABR 80 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
ID3 Tags.........: v1.1, v2.3 (includes embedded album art)