Uss indianapolis sunk. Monday july 30 1945. This summer marks the 75th anniversary of the worst disaster in the history of the united states navy the sinking of the uss indianapolis. Launched in 1931 the vessel served as the flagship for the commander of scouting force 1 for eight years then as flagship for admiral raymond spruance in 1943 and 1944 while he commanded the fifth fleet in battles across the central pacific during world war ii.
Hundreds have already. In july 1945 indianapolis completed a top secret high speed trip to deliver parts of little boy the first nucl. Three hundred men died in the initial catastrophe on july 30 1945 then the survivors cast into the sea suffered unimaginable horrors abandoned for days without food or water in shark infested waters.
Earlier in the war the indianapolis served as the flagship of the 5th fleet. During world war ii an american navy ship is sunk by a japanese submarine leaving 890 crewmen stranded in shark infested waters. When the uss indianapolis sank in shark infested waters the navy unjustly held its captain responsible.
The uss indianapolis was not actually delivering the hiroshima bomb when it was sunk by the japanese b3 type submarine i 58 just after midnight on july 30 1945 between guam and leyte in. Only 316 of the 1196 men on board survived. Navy heavy cruiser that was sunk by a japanese submarine on july 30 1945 shortly after delivering the internal components of the atomic bombs that were later dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki japanup to 900 men initially survived the sinking but many succumbed to shark attacks dehydration and salt poisoning as they awaited.
It took more than 50 years to clear his name. Uss indianapolis in full united states ship indianapolis us. Uss indianapolis torpedoed on july 30 1945 the uss indianapolis is torpedoed by a japanese submarine and sinks within minutes in shark infested waters.
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