Wreckage of USS Indianapolis located

[True Dough]

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Seventy-two years after two torpedoes fired from a Japanese submarine sunk cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35), the ship’s wreckage was found resting on the seafloor on Saturday – more than 18,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean’s surface.

Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist, led a search team, assisted by historians from the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) in Washington, D.C., to accomplish what past searches had failed to do – find Indianapolis, considered the last great naval tragedy of World War II.

“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,” said Allen in a statement provided to USNI News on Saturday.
“As Americans, we all owe a debt of gratitude to the crew for their courage, persistence and sacrifice in the face of horrendous circumstances. While our search for the rest of the wreckage will continue, I hope everyone connected to this historic ship will feel some measure of closure at this discovery so long in coming.”

https://news.usni.org/2017/08/19/uss-indianapolis-wreckage-found

[nycbos]

1. Made me think of this.

[Wounded Bear]

4. It's basically a true story...

the ship was on a secret mission and nobody really knew about it or where it was when it was torpedoed.

A lot of crewmen went in the water, and many were lost to sharks.

[panader0]

2. 18,000 feet below the surface---wow! that's amazing.

[True Dough]

3. Today's technology

is nothing short of amazing.

[cwydro]

5. I recommend everyone with interest in WWII

read the story of the Indianapolis.

It's a horrifying and amazing story.

[Pathwalker]

6. Oh wow. My mother's childhood sweetheart and first husband

was on the USS Indianapolis when it went down. She was a teenage widow. Thank you for this thread.