Author: LECH, RAYMOND B.
Title: All the Drowned Sailors
Description: New York: Stein & Day Publishers, 1982. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 9999959369. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and rubbing to the edges. "In July 1945, Indianapolis completed a top-secret high-speed trip to deliver parts of Little Boy, the first nuclear weapon ever used in combat, to the United States Army Air Force Base on the island of Tinian, and subsequently departed for the Philippines on training duty. At 0015 on 30 July, the ship was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58, and sank in 12 minutes. Of 1,195 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: 9999959369 Ships & Sailing Raymond B. Lech The Indianapolis World War II Ship Wrecks Disasters Ships & Sailing
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Title: All the Drowned Sailors
Description: New York: Stein & Day Publishers, 1982. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 9999959369. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and rubbing to the edges. "In July 1945, Indianapolis completed a top-secret high-speed trip to deliver parts of Little Boy, the first nuclear weapon ever used in combat, to the United States Army Air Force Base on the island of Tinian, and subsequently departed for the Philippines on training duty. At 0015 on 30 July, the ship was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58, and sank in 12 minutes. Of 1,195 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: 9999959369 Ships & Sailing Raymond B. Lech The Indianapolis World War II Ship Wrecks Disasters Ships & Sailing
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 40252
- Book number: 40252
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