In The Wake: The True Story of the Melbourne-Evans Collision, Conspiracy and Cover-up by Jo Stevenson

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Some scratching and bending of covers. Small tear to front cover repaired. Pages are starting to sun. Stamp on inside page. Book is clean and binding is very good.

In the pre-dawn of June 3, 1969, a collision occurred between the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and the American destroyer USS Frank K Evans.

Captain J P Stevenson, who was commanding the HMAS Melbourne was subsequently court-martialed by the Australian Naval Board and was Honorably Acquitted. This is an account of the collision and its aftermath with additional information that has come to light. (publisher blurb)