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Jul 27, 2018 · USS Indianapolis: Survivor Accounts From the Worst Sea Disaster in US Naval History. 'There were a lot of sharks,' says one of the survivors of the USS Indianapolis sinking, the worst...
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Navy firing detail as part of a burial-at-sea in 2008, for one of the 316 survivors of Indianapolis sinking on 30 July 1945. The wreck of Indianapolis is in the Philippine Sea. In July–August 2001, an expedition sought to find the wreckage through the use of side-scan sonar and underwater cameras mounted on a remotely operated vehicle.
Jul 25, 2019 · USS Indianapolis CA-35. Survivors List. Survivors List. Listed below are the names of the 316 men who survived the sinking of. USS Indianapolis CA-35. July 30, 1945. Name. Rank/Rate. Notes.
SURVIVORS OF THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS . Aboard: 1,196. Died at sea: 880. Survived: 316 . Commissioned Officers (12) Captain Charles B. McVay III. Lt. Cmdr. Lewis L. Hayes. Lt. Cmdr....
Jul 30, 2020 · Approximately 900 sailors, survivors of the initial torpedo attack, were left drifting in groups in the expanse of the Pacific Ocean. Beneath them, a far more sinister danger was lurking. Hundreds of sharks, drawn by the carnage of the disaster, moved toward the survivors.
Rescuing sailors through the night, the PBY and the destroyer were the answer to the survivor’s prayers. Of the 900 men who went into the water, only 316 survived to be rescued. The Indianapolis disaster remains one of the worst—and most controversial—tragedies in US Navy history.
Key among the historic lists were rosters from the two hospitals where Indianapolis survivors were taken, Fleet Hospital #114 at Samar and Base Hospital #20 at Peleliu. There is no record of...
