An acclaimed naval historian tells one of the most inspiring sea stories of World War II: the Japanese attack on the American oiler USS Neosho and the gutsy crew's struggle for survival as their slowly sinking ship drifted--lost, defenseless, and alone--on the treacherous Coral Sea. 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 capable of...