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In a scene in the 1975 movie Jaws, one of the main characters, Quint, who is a survivor of the Indianapolis, recounts the sinking and shark attacks. This scene brought Indianapolis, and its sinking, into a much wider public spotlight 30 years after the original events occurred.
This infographic provides a timeline of the USS Indianapolis's role in World War II, a diagram showing the ship's dimensions, a map of the location of its sinking, and a graph summarizing American casualties that resulted from the sinking and delayed rescue.
Though Tony King is sharp and alert at the age of 94, a part of him is trapped forever in the summer of 1945, when his World War II ship, the USS Indianapolis, was sunk from under him.
The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Triggered the Worst Shark Attack in History. In the final weeks of World War II, a Japanese torpedo sank an American heavy cruiser.
Rescuing sailors through the night, the PBY and the destroyer were the answer to the survivor’s prayers. Of the 900 men who went into the water, only 316 survived to be rescued. The Indianapolis disaster remains one of the worst—and most controversial—tragedies in US Navy history.
The USS Indianapolis carried 1,196 total crew. After the sinking, there were about 900 initial survivors. After four days in the water, only 316 crew members were saved.
An e-book that examines the circumstances surrounding the sinking of Indianapolis on 30 July 1945, including primary source documents describing the sinking, rescue efforts, investigations,...
“What’s this?” Smith had said, shooting a quizzical look at his legislative assistant, John Luddy. “‘USS Indianapolis and Hunter Scott?’” “It’s a meeting with the survivors of USS Indianapolis, sir,” Luddy said. “Hunter Scott is an eighth grader,” Luddy added.
With its task completed, on the night of July 30, 1945, two weeks before the end of the war, while sailing from Guam to Leyte, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed twice by a Japanese submarine. The crew of 1,199 men ended up in the waters of the Pacific.
USS Indianapolis was sunk in the Pacific Ocean in the final weeks of WWII. A survivor describes how the sharks circled until their rescuers arrived days later.