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Sailing of the Intrepidā
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The Story
*A New York PostĀ Best Book of the Week*
From twenty-two-year naval and marine veteran Montel Williams comes a page-turningĀ history of how one World War II aircraft carrierāsĀ crewĀ defied all odds, redefiningĀ the very meaning of what itĀ means to struggle, persevere and survive.
1944. TheĀ USS Intrepid set sail on itsĀ first combat voyage, only to beĀ struckĀ by a Japanese torpedo plane, jammingĀ its rudderĀ at a forty-five-degree angle. It could only sail in circles amid treacherous waters.
The task force abandoned shipĀ as it tried to make the 3,300-mile voyage to Pearl Harbor. For a day, the captain was able to slalom, alternating use of the shipās engines, but the seas became too perilous. Until one resilient crewman came up with the ingenious idea of rigging a 3,000-square-foot high sail on the second deckĀ to steer the ship home safe. Incredibly, the makeshift sail proved to be their ticket to the shorelines.
With grit and determination, this spellbinding storyĀ details a remarkable survival story against all odds, for readers of Tom Clavin and Bob Drury.
From twenty-two-year naval and marine veteran Montel Williams comes a page-turningĀ history of how one World War II aircraft carrierāsĀ crewĀ defied all odds, redefiningĀ the very meaning of what itĀ means to struggle, persevere and survive.
1944. TheĀ USS Intrepid set sail on itsĀ first combat voyage, only to beĀ struckĀ by a Japanese torpedo plane, jammingĀ its rudderĀ at a forty-five-degree angle. It could only sail in circles amid treacherous waters.
The task force abandoned shipĀ as it tried to make the 3,300-mile voyage to Pearl Harbor. For a day, the captain was able to slalom, alternating use of the shipās engines, but the seas became too perilous. Until one resilient crewman came up with the ingenious idea of rigging a 3,000-square-foot high sail on the second deckĀ to steer the ship home safe. Incredibly, the makeshift sail proved to be their ticket to the shorelines.
With grit and determination, this spellbinding storyĀ details a remarkable survival story against all odds, for readers of Tom Clavin and Bob Drury.
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*A New York PostĀ Best Book of the Week*
From twenty-two-year naval and marine veteran Montel Williams comes a page-turningĀ history of how one World War II aircraft carrierāsĀ crewĀ defied all odds, redefiningĀ the very meaning of what itĀ means to struggle, persevere and survive.
1944. TheĀ USS Intrepid set sail on itsĀ first combat voyage, only to beĀ struckĀ by a Japanese torpedo plane, jammingĀ its rudderĀ at a forty-five-degree angle. It could only sail in circles amid treacherous waters.
The task force abandoned shipĀ as it tried to make the 3,300-mile voyage to Pearl Harbor. For a day, the captain was able to slalom, alternating use of the shipās engines, but the seas became too perilous. Until one resilient crewman came up with the ingenious idea of rigging a 3,000-square-foot high sail on the second deckĀ to steer the ship home safe. Incredibly, the makeshift sail proved to be their ticket to the shorelines.
With grit and determination, this spellbinding storyĀ details a remarkable survival story against all odds, for readers of Tom Clavin and Bob Drury.
From twenty-two-year naval and marine veteran Montel Williams comes a page-turningĀ history of how one World War II aircraft carrierāsĀ crewĀ defied all odds, redefiningĀ the very meaning of what itĀ means to struggle, persevere and survive.
1944. TheĀ USS Intrepid set sail on itsĀ first combat voyage, only to beĀ struckĀ by a Japanese torpedo plane, jammingĀ its rudderĀ at a forty-five-degree angle. It could only sail in circles amid treacherous waters.
The task force abandoned shipĀ as it tried to make the 3,300-mile voyage to Pearl Harbor. For a day, the captain was able to slalom, alternating use of the shipās engines, but the seas became too perilous. Until one resilient crewman came up with the ingenious idea of rigging a 3,000-square-foot high sail on the second deckĀ to steer the ship home safe. Incredibly, the makeshift sail proved to be their ticket to the shorelines.
With grit and determination, this spellbinding storyĀ details a remarkable survival story against all odds, for readers of Tom Clavin and Bob Drury.
