The Last Voyage of the Lusitania Author:A. A. Hoehling and Mary Hoehling The Torpedoing Heard Round the World — She was the biggest, the fastest, the most luxurious ocean liner afloat. Her captain was confident that she could "out run any U-boat." In spite of German warnings the Lusitania sailed on schedule from New York on May 1, 1915, carrying nearly 2000 passengers and crew and 4200 cases of ammunition. Although w... more »ar was raging in Europe, no naval vessels protected her as she sailed into foggy St. George's Channel six days later.
A German U-boat captain, looking through his periscope, sighted the biggest ship he had ever seen. He fired one torpedo--and the Lusitania was down in 18 minutes. But the outcry lasted for 3 years, and brought America out of its isolation and into the "war to end all wars"...
Reconstructed from hundreds of survivors' accounts and naval documents, this is the full, factual story of the Lusitania. It is a political story, and a personal story. For those on board, it was unbelievable tragedy...or death. For the rest of the world, it was a turning point in history.« less