Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. vii, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the Army reported that it was under attack from a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. What happened to the ill-fated ship? What happened to her crew? And was she Japan's first American victim of the Pacific War?"--Amazon.com.

Uniform title

1. Voyage to oblivion

Alternative title

1. Voyage to oblivion

Subject

1. 1900-1999
2. Cargo ships > United States > History > 20th century
3. Cargo ships
4. Cynthia Olson (Cargo ship)
5. Hawaii
6. Japan
7. Military operations, Naval > Japanese
8. Military operations, Naval > Submarine
9. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
10. Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941)
11. Submarines (Ships)
12. Submarines (Ships) > Japan > History > 20th century
13. United States
14. World War (1939-1945)
15. World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, Japanese
16. World War, 1939-1945 > Submarine

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. A ship fine and sturdy -- The family business -- To the land of aloha -- Captain and crew -- A predator at large -- A target found -- Destruction from the depths -- Bad news travels -- Rebirth of a mystery -- A story long delayed -- Mysteries resolved.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Original title: Voyage to oblivion. Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2010.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) and index.