The Ship That Wouldnt Die, Don Keith
The Ship That Wouldnt Die, Don Keith
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The Ship That Wouldn't Die
The Saga of the Uss Neosho - a World War II Story of Courage and Survival at Sea

Author: Don Keith

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/07/2015

Synopsis

In May 1942, Admiral Jack Fletcher’s Task Force 17 closed in for the war’s first major clash with the Japanese Navy. The Neosho, a vitally important tanker, was escorted by a destroyer, the Sims. The ships were attacked by Japanese dive bombers, and when the smoke cleared, the Sims had slipped beneath the waves. Scores of sailors were killed or wounded, while hundreds bobbed in shark-infested waters.

It was the beginning of a hellish four-day ordeal as the crew struggled to stay alive and keep their ship afloat, while almost two hundred men in life rafts drifted away without water, food, or shelter. Only four of them would survive to be rescued after nine days.

A tale of a ship as tough and resilient as its crew, The Ship That Wouldn’t Die captures the indomitable spirit of the American sailor—and finally brings to the surface one of the great untold sagas of the Pacific War.

About Don Keith

Don Keith is a native Alabamian and attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where he received his degree in broadcast and film with a double major in literature. He has won numerous awards from the Associated Press and United Press International for news writing and reporting. He is also the only person to be named Billboard magazine "Radio Personality of the Year" in two formats, country and contemporary. Keith was a broadcast personality for over twenty years and also owned his own consultancy, co-owned a Mobile, Alabama, radio station, and hosted and produced several nationally syndicated radio shows.

His first novel, The Forever Season was published in fall 1995 to commercial and critical success. It won the Alabama Library Association's "Fiction of the Year" award in 1997. His second novel, Wizard of the Wind, was based on Keith's years in radio. Keith next released a series of young adult/men's adventure novels cowritten with Kent Wright set in stock car racing, titled the Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing series. Keith has also published several nonfiction historical works about World War II submarine history and coauthored The Ice Diaries with Captain William Anderson, the second skipper of USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine.

Mr. Keith lives with his wife, Charlene, in Indian Springs Village, Alabama.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Don

Well told story of the oil tanker USS Neosho in the battle of Coral Seas. The tanker was misidentified as a carrier by a Japanese scout plane and the IJN launched all their bombers to sink her. As a consequence they missed the real American carriers who survived to fight the battle the next day. The......more

Goodreads review by Brian

Great account if some of the unsung heroes of World War II. This was a well told account of a not well known event early in the war. I found it to be entertaining and inspiring.......more

Goodreads review by alphonse p guardino

Overall I thought it was a decently written book. I knew from other histories about the USS Neosho at Pearl Harbor, but this is the first work that made clear to me why the Neosho's commanding officer decided to move during the attack. I also knew that the Neosho had been lost during the Battle of t......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

Keith weaves a compelling narrative of the Neosho miraculous escape from destruction during Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and it's eventual demise at the Battle of the Coral Sea. It's an interesting and gripping read despite occasionally getting bogged down in statistics. Many biographies falter in......more

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