pp216; Hardcopy with paper dust jacket in excellent condition; Clean pages; No Edgewear; No Bends/Creases; turquoise blue board with silver title on spineAugust 28, 1944, off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea: three torpedoes fired by German submariners aboard U-859 ram an American merchant ship, the USS John Barry. The 7200-ton surface vessel caries Saudi silver riyals worth $80 million, and another $300 million in silver bullion. When the torpedoes strike, they tear the John Barry into two pieces, delivering the ship and her treasure to a watery grave 8500 feet below sea level. For forty-... View More...
