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THE SAILING OF THE INTREPID
By: Montel Williams
The Incredible Wartime Voyage of the Navyโs Iconic Aircraft Carrier
Hanover Square Press
May 2025
On Sale: May 20, 2025
304 pages
ISBN: 1335081038
EAN: 9781335081032
Kindle: B0DKB5XJ7Q
Hardcover / e-Book
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Military | Historical
From twenty-two-year naval and marine veteran Montel Williams comes a page-turning history of how one World War II aircraft carrier’s crew defied all odds, redefining the very meaning of what it means to struggle, persevere and survive.
1944. The USS Intrepid set sail on its first combat voyage, only to be struck by a Japanese torpedo plane, jamming its rudder at a forty-five-degree angle. It could only sail in circles amid treacherous waters.
The task force abandoned ship 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 ship’s 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 deck to steer the ship home safe. Incredibly, the makeshift sail proved to be their ticket to the shorelines.
With grit and determination, this spellbinding story details a remarkable survival story against all odds, for readers of Tom Clavin and Bob Drury.
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