Uss indianapolis sharks story. The sharks which attacked the uss indianapolis crew were oceanic whitetips the fact that the sharks tended to attack live victims close to the surface is consistent with them being oceanic. The fictional character quint recounting his survival ordeal in the real wwii sinking of the uss indianapolis in the. Of the 1196 men aboard 900 made it into the water alive.
Ocean of fear a 2007 episode of the discovery channel tv documentary series shark week states that the sinking of indianapolis resulted in the most shark attacks on humans in history and attributes the attacks to the oceanic whitetip shark species. It has been days since his. Their ordealwhat is considered the worst shark attack in historywas just beginning.
Kings eyes mist over as he tells his story and with his arms swimming in the sleeves of an old blue bathrobe his hands draw pictures in the air. The uss indianapolis at pearl harbor in 1937 won 10 battle stars during world war ii and delivered components of the atomic bomb that was dropped on hiroshima japan. It was lost to a japanese.
She fought gallantly through many campaigns earning ten battle stars. This story originally published on july 26 2014. He is young again.
Air base on tinian. The indianapolis ca 35 was a heavy cruiser often miscalled a battleship in stories during world war ii. It has become one of the most memorable monologues in cinema history.
In july 1945 it completed a top secret mission to deliver parts of the atomic bomb known as little boy to the army air force base on the island of tinian. The story of the uss indianapolis the most famous shark attack in history. The uss indianapolis had just completed a top secret mission to deliver the contents of an atomic bomb to tinian one of the northern mariana islands.
The sinking of the uss indianapolis resulted in the most famous shark attack event in history.