Sailing of the Intrepid

From twenty-two-year naval and marine veteran Montel Williams comes a page-turninghistory of how one World War II aircraft carrier'screwdefied all odds, redefiningthe very meaning of what itmeans to struggle, persevere and survive. 1944. TheUSS Intrepid set sail on itsfirst combat voyage, only to bestruckby a Japanese torpedo plane, jammingits rudderat a forty-five-degree angle. It could only sail in circles amid treacherous waters. The task force abandoned shipas 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 deckto steer the ship home safe. Incredibly, the makeshift sail proved to be their ticket to the shorelines. With grit and determination, this spellbinding storydetails a remarkable survival story against all odds, for readers of Tom Clavin and Bob Drury.