This is the story of a ship of the United States Navy, and her people, as told by her commander and his son, and by the members of the ship’s company who served in her on the twenty-ninth of August, 1916.
Contents
Foreword
1. Whence Came USS Memphis
2. Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1916, at Santo Domingo - Until Midafternoon
3. Engine Rooms and Firerooms, from 3:30 to 4:35
4. Castine - to 4:06 P.M. 29 Aug., 1916
5. Memphis, Topside During the Critical Hour 3:35 to 4:35 P.M.
6. The Marines at Fort Ozama 3:30 P.M. to 4:30
7. The Recreation Party
8. Castine - 4:06 p.m. and Afterward
9. The Starboard Engine Room of Memphis, After 4:35
10. The Firerooms After 4:35
11. The Port Engine Room from 4:30
12. Topside - 4:35 and After
13. As Seen from the Shore
14. Abandon Ship
15. The Boats
16. The End of the Memphis
17. A Board of Inquest, Two Courts of Inquiry, and a General Court-Martial
18. Vindication Acknowledgments