{"id":80883,"date":"2018-07-30T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80883"},"modified":"2018-07-29T23:14:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T03:14:57","slug":"uss-indianapolis-ca-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=80883","title":{"rendered":"USS Indianapolis (CA-35)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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USS Indianapolis (CA-35)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photo was captured on July 10, 1945 off Mare Island.<\/p>\n

On this day in 1945<\/a>, the USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sinks within minutes in shark-infested waters. Only 317 of the 1,196 men on board survived. However, the Indianapolis had already completed its major mission: the delivery of key components of the atomic bomb that would be dropped a week later at Hiroshima to Tinian Island in the South Pacific.<\/p>\n

Shortly after midnight on July 30, halfway between Guam and Leyte Gulf, a Japanese sub blasted the Indianapolis, sparking an explosion that split the ship and caused it to sink in approximately 12 minutes, with about 300 men trapped inside. Another 900 went into the water, where many died from drowning, shark attacks, dehydration or injuries from the explosion. Help did not arrive until four days later, on August 2, when an anti-submarine plane on routine patrol happened upon the men and radioed for assistance.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of the events involving the Indianapolis, the ship\u2019s commander, Captain Charles McVay, was court-martialed in November 1945 for failing to sail a zigzag course that would have helped the ship to evade enemy submarines in the area. McVay, the only Navy captain court-martialed for losing a ship during the war, committed suicide in 1968. Many of his surviving crewmen believed the military had made him a scapegoat.<\/p>\n

The Final Crew of the USS Indianapolis<\/i> (CA-35)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In October 2000, Captain McVay was\u00a0exonerated for the loss of Indianapolis and in July 2001, the United States Secretary of the Navy ordered McVay’s official Navy record cleared of all wrongdoing. The wreck was located on 19 August 2017, at a depth of 18,000 feet (5,500 m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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