An Analysis Of Pete Nelson's Left For Dead

The USS Indianapolis sinking is a very historical event that was said to be incorrectly

Why did the sailors aboard the USS Indianapolis die? There is a difference between why

Many people take the sinking of the USS Indianapolis for granted. Some people do not

“I got my blanket I didn’t get my cape on or life jacket I don't need that,” said Edgar Harrell, survivor of the USS Indianapolis. The sinking of the USS Indianapolis was the worst accident to ever happen in Naval history with over 900 men entering the water, only 316 survived. “We were losing three or four each night and day” said Cox. It became normal to see shark fins swimming at you. The sinking of the USS Indianapolis could have been prevented if the Guam Naval Base had warned the ship about the submarines, if more people knew about the ship, and if the three distress signals sent to Naval Base Guam were taken seriously.

taken prisoners and 30,000 were allied merchants that died. When the war was over, 156 U-Boats

In the giant city of New York City there was a fire on a ship called the PS General Slocum on June 15, 1904. Over 3 quarters of the ship was killed in the fire. It’s June 15, 1904 and 1358 church members were on the PS General Slocum in the east river mostly there were women and children on the ship and 30 crew members on the ship. It has been the second worst tragedy to happen the New York City and it was the worst until September 11 2001 when the twin towers were destroyed by terrorists.

Why did the sailors aboard the USS Indianapolis die? There is a difference between why and how they died. On page 101, it says “Knowing how the men died is not the same thing as knowing why they died.” There are reasons why the men died.

American skipper, Tyrrell Jacobs of the Sargo, who had served at the Bureau of Ordnance, was one of the first to realize the Mark 14 torpedo was disastrously flawed. The Mark 14 was believed to be, by everyone except the sailors who used them, the greatest torpedo of its time. Unfortunately, this was not true. The torpedo’s definciency haunted the Silent Service for years before its failures were addressed. The torpedo was found to run deeper, in most cases more than ten feet, than its intended depth, fail to detonate, or to detonate too early. In the early years of the war there were also crippling torpedo shortages. The subs also had insufficient engines. The HOR engine’s gear-wheel teeth constantly broke causing vibrations that would knock out the motor. At this point in history America had little experience in submarine warfare. This left the submariners insufficiently trained and

While sailing on the Havana Harbor in Cuba, an unexpected explosion erupts sinking the 6,000 ton boat killing 260 men.

This paper will focus on the evaluation of the historic investigative report done by the History Channel, “The Port Chicago Mutiny.” Following two intense explosions on July 17, 1944, that killed 321 people in San Francisco at Port Chicago. From the movie, it can be surmised that the investigation is about how the United States Navy knowingly placed black sailors in danger, causing their deaths and refusing, then and now, to exonerate survivors of the tragic explosions.

On the morning of October 12, 2000, during a routine refueling stop; the 505-foot USS Cole (DDG 67) was crippled and nearly sunk when two men steered a small fishing boat towards the center of the ship, where they detonated a small plastic explosive device in a suicide attack. According to reports, the amount of C-4 used in the construction of the bomb was "equivalent to 700 pounds of TNT" (Ibarra, 2013). In the explosion 's aftermath, 17 Sailors died and 37 crewmembers were wounded; and a $789 million ship was severely damaged in an act of "asymmetrical warfare" against the United States (Burns, 2000).

On the morning of October 12, 2000, during a routine refueling stop; the 505-foot USS Cole (DDG 67) was crippled and nearly sunk when two men steered a small fishing boat towards the center of the ship, where they detonated a small plastic explosive device in a suicide attack. According to reports, the amount of C-4 used in the construction of the bomb was "equivalent to 700 pounds of TNT" (Ibarra, 2013). In the explosion 's aftermath, 17 Sailors died and 37 crewmembers were wounded; and a $789 million ship was severely damaged in an act of "asymmetrical warfare" against the United States (Burns, 2000).

Yemeni law-enforcement officers and the FBI investigated to uncover who was responsible for the terrorist attack on the USS Cole. There were at least six suspects that were being held in detention for

The titanic was supposed to be unsinkable but it's first time on the ocean it sunk and killed over 1,500 people and only 702 people out of 2,223 people survived the titanic because they were only putting in 28 people in a lifeboat and they should have put 65 people per lifeboat and that really affected the amount of people that died because if they used

The Titanic had originally planned 48 lifeboats to be on the ship. Only 20 lifeboats made it on the ship because it made the “decks look less cluttered.” The maximum total weight capacity of all the lifeboats together was 161,000 lbs. This is plenty for at least 1,100 hundred people. With careful planning and enough time, more people could’ve been saved. Not every lifeboat carried the maximum capacity weight allowed. On the first lifeboat, only 28 people out of a possible 65 maximum was allowed to board, according to the “Titanic Facts: The Life & Loss of the RMS Titanic in Numbers.” This I believe was because the crew was not adequately trained on the lifeboats. Time was a major factor in the sinking of the Titanic. There was confusion and chaos and so many people died because of