In 2016 the Naval History and Heritage Command announced a breakthrough discovery in the decades-long search for Indianapolis-a log entry from the tank landing ship LST-779 indicating it had passed the cruiser 11 hours before it sank. Fewer than two dozen remain to carry on the memory of their crewmates. Of those only 316 were rescued, the rest having succumbed to exposure, dehydration, saltwater poisoning and horrific shark attacks. Some 900 of the 1,196 sailors and Marines aboard had survived the sinking. Radio operators sent distress signals, but they were dismissed, and more than three days passed before a patrolling U.S. The ship sank in 12 minutes, leaving its crew little time to deploy lifeboats, don life jackets or secure provisions. Indianapolis was en route to the Philippines when torpe doed by the Japanese submarine I-58 just after midnight on July 30, 1945. Indianapolis rests more than 18,000 feet below the surface of the Philippine Sea. Paul Allen Pinpoints Wreck of the USS Indianapolis CloseĪ search team led by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen has discovered the storied wreck of the 610-foot heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, which was torpedoed and sunk in the closing days of World War II after delivering to the Pacific island of Tinian a top-secret cargo of components for the Little Boy atomic bomb.
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