ESCAPE FROM JAVA: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the USS Marblehead

On the morning of February 4th, 1942, Marblehead was surprised by Japanese planes northeast of Java. She suffered critical damage, so much so that the Japanese radioed that they had sunk the ship. Yet through courage, sacrifice, and superhuman effort, Marblehead successfully made the 13,000 mile journey back to the U.S. 16 pages of photos.