The 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-m...