Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man Free Audiobook Download by Sara Vladic,Lynn Vincent

The sinking of the Indianapolis on 30 July 1945 was a disaster unlike any other in naval history. The story of the ship, and the efforts to exonerate an innocent man named George H. W. Bush, is one that remains largely unknown to this day. The book tells the story of it all in a gripping fashion - from WWI to WWII, and back then again to present day as we learn more about the rueful perspective and tragic fate of Captain Charles Butler McVay III, USN (ret.)

The Indianapolis was a German luxury liner carrying more than 1,000 passengers on its way to Japan when it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in April 1945. Unfortunately, the ship sank too quickly for the lifeboats to be launched and many of those aboard died from inhaling poisonous gas.

One of the most horrific tragedies in US Naval history was the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II, when the vessel and its crew were sent to find out if the Japanese had any more Midway-class aircraft carriers. On July 30th 1945, the ship sank 1000 miles off the coast of Japan, with all hands lost. The official verdict was that an enemy submarine sank Indianapolis and this led to a cover-up, with Captain McVay being court martialed for losing his ship.

On March 25, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine in the South Pacific, taking with it some 900 sailors. The sinking has been called "the worst sea disaster in U.S. Naval history."

On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was commissioned as a heavy cruiser. The ship set sail just before midnight to participate in Operation Magic Carpet – the mission to ferry American troops home from the war. At 1:30am, on July 31st, the Indianapolis received a distress signal and later received six more signals. The last came at 4:10am when Captain McVay ordered "man your battle stations" over the loudspeaker. A half-hour later, at 5:18 am, three torpedoes exploded on either side of the ship and sank it within five minutes. Out of her crew of 1,289 officers and men only 316 survived by clinging to rafts or floating corpses for 12 hours before being rescued by an

On December 1, 1945, the Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Japan and sank in fifteen minutes. The ship had carried parts for the atomic bomb that would soon be dropped on Hiroshima and she herself was carrying, among other things, some of the most difficult-to-obtain uranium in existence. The loss of life was staggering and all evidence pointed to one person – Captain Charles Butler McVay Jr. As he tried to escape from his sinking ship, he ordered passengers to board boats or swim to shore and then jumped into the sea himself.