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Aug 8, 2013 · On August 6, 1945, the weapon would level Hiroshima. But now, on July 28, the Indianapolis sailed from Guam, without an escort, to meet the battleship USS Idaho in the Leyte Gulf in the...
Jul 28, 2013 · When USS Indianapolis was hit by Japanese torpedoes in the final weeks of WWII, hundreds of crewmen jumped into the water to escape the burning ship. Surrounded by sharks, they waited for a...
The remaining 890 faced exposure, dehydration, saltwater poisoning, and shark attacks while stranded in the open ocean with few lifeboats and almost no food or water. The Navy only learned of the sinking four days later, when survivors were spotted by the crew of a PV-1 Ventura on routine patrol.
Jul 27, 2018 · 'There were a lot of sharks,' says one of the survivors of the USS Indianapolis sinking, the worst sea disaster in the U.S. Navy's history. 'So many.'
Jun 21, 2024 · USS Indianapolis, U.S. Navy heavy cruiser sunk by the Japanese on July 30, 1945, after which only some 300 were saved from the shark-infested waters.
Mar 3, 2010 · On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sinks within minutes in shark-infested waters. Only 316 of the 1,196 men on board survived.
The common image of the story of the Indianapolis is that of hundreds of men being ravaged by sharks for days on end. While there were many shark attacks, the exact figure for death by shark attack among the survivors is unknown; there were many survivors who never even saw a shark.
Jul 27, 2015 · Seventy years ago this week, on July 30, 1945, the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis was sunk by two torpedoes fired by a Japanese submarine in the south Pacific. So began a five-day ordeal of...
Jul 29, 2020 · Harold Bray had only turned 18 when the American warship USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the early hours of July 30, 1945. From a crew of 1196 sailors and marines, 300 went down with their ship. Only 316 were rescued after nearly four days in the ocean.
The U.S.S. Indianapolis's sinking in shark-infested waters was a low point for American forces in World War II. This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic...
