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    USS Indianapolis, missing since WWII, believed to be found

    USS Indianapolis, missing since WWII, believed to be found
    AP - Aug 19, 2017 10:34 PM EDT

    Courtesy U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters

    WASHINGTON -- Civilian researchers say they have located the wreck of the USS Indianapolis, the World War II heavy cruiser that played a critical role in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima before being struck by Japanese torpedoes.



    The sinking of the Indianapolis remains the Navy's single worst loss at sea. The fate of its crew - nearly 900 were killed, many by sharks, and just 316 survived - was one of the Pacific war's more horrible and fascinating tales.

    The expedition crew of Research Vessel Petrel, which is owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it located the wreckage of the Indianapolis on the floor of the North Pacific Ocean, more than 18,000 feet below the surface, the U.S. Navy said in a news release Saturday.



    Rare video shows Hiroshima after atomic bomb

    "To be able to honor the brave men of the USS Indianapolis and their families through the discovery of a ship that played such a significant role in ending World War II is truly humbling," Allen said in the news release.

    The Indianapolis, with 1,196 sailors and Marines on board, was sailing the Philippine Sea between Guam and Leyte Gulf when two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck just after midnight on July 30, 1945. It sank in 12 minutes, killing about 300. Survivors were left in the water, most of them with only life jackets.



    There was no time to send a distress signal, and four days passed before a bomber on routine patrol happened to spot the survivors in the water. By the time rescuers arrived, a combination of exposure, dehydration, drowning and constant shark attacks had left only one-fourth of the ship's original number alive.



    The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    Over the years numerous books recounted the ship's disaster and its role in delivering key components of what would become the atomic bomb "Little Boy" to the island of Tinian, the take-off point for the bomber Enola Gay's mission to Hiroshima in August 1945. Documentaries and movies, most recently "USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage" (2016) starring Nicolas Cage, have recounted the crew's horror-filled days at sea. The Indianapolis sinking also was a plot point in the Steven Spielberg blockbuster "Jaws" (1975), with the fictitious survivor Capt. Quint recounting the terror he felt waiting to be rescued.

    The Navy news release issued Saturday said a key to finding the Indianapolis came in 2016 when Richard Hulver, a historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command, determined a new search area. Hulver's research identified a naval landing craft that had recorded a sighting of the Indianapolis the day before it sank. The research team developed a new search area, although it was still 600 square miles of open ocean.

    The Navy said the 13-person expedition team on the R/V Petrel was surveying the Indianapolis site. The team's work has been compliant with U.S. law regarding a sunken warship as a military grave not to be disturbed, according to the Navy. The wrecked ship remains the property of the Navy and its location is both confidential and restricted, it said

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    Only 900 lost. Try harder?

    HMS Hood sank with 1418 men on board only 3 survived.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VocalNeal View Post
    Only 900 lost. Try harder?

    HMS Hood sank with 1418 men on board only 3 survived.
    How crass to make feeble jokes about war dead.

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    Remember this clip from the movie JAWS.


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    USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016) Trailer


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    Wreckage discovered.



    Ship's Anchor



    ’35’ Confirms Wreck is the USS Indianapolis’35’ Confirms Wreck is the USS Indianapolis



    Two Anchor Windlass Mechanisms



    A bell from USS Indianapolis



    https://www.paulallen.com/uss-indian...philippine-sea
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wilsonandson View Post
    USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016) Trailer

    Unbelievable they could make such a bad movie out of such a dramatic event. I was in tears (seriously) reading this book about 10 years back. One of the best books I've read.


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    I think I read that there are only 12 of the survivors alive today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobR View Post

    Unbelievable they could make such a bad movie out of such a dramatic event. I was in tears (seriously) reading this book about 10 years back. One of the best books I've read.
    F*cking Nicholas Cage. What did you expect?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by BobR View Post

    Unbelievable they could make such a bad movie out of such a dramatic event. I was in tears (seriously) reading this book about 10 years back. One of the best books I've read.
    F*cking Nicholas Cage. What did you expect?
    Yes, it's amazing how nowadays everything he touches goes to shit.

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    Now can they get on to the job of finding the missing Air Malaysia passenger flight that disappeared.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wasabi View Post
    Now can they get on to the job of finding the missing Air Malaysia passenger flight that disappeared.
    Cretin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by VocalNeal View Post
    Only 900 lost. Try harder?

    HMS Hood sank with 1418 men on board only 3 survived.
    How crass to make feeble jokes about war dead.
    As opposed to romancing war.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HuangLao View Post
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    Only 900 lost. Try harder?

    HMS Hood sank with 1418 men on board only 3 survived.
    How crass to make feeble jokes about war dead.
    As opposed to romancing war.
    And who said anything romantic about it, you multinic wanker.

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    Worst part is that contrary to what the Navy claimed at the time (and the Jaws version) the Indianapolis did send out an SOS before sinking and it was received.

    An on duty commander (I believe his name was Gillette) decided it was a Japanese trick and ordered it ignored. Nothing ever happened to him, but the Captain was convicted of negligence for not zig-zaging and committed suicide in 1968.

    USS Indianapolis sinking: 'You could see sharks circling'
    By Alex Last BBC World Service
    ................they waited for a response to their SOS. But no one had been sent to look for them..........

    USS Indianapolis sinking: 'You could see sharks circling' - BBC News

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