Brief Summary: The Sinking Of The USS Indianapolis

On February 15th, 1898, at about 9:40 in the night, the USS Maine exploded in the Havana Harbor. It killed between 260 and 268 men, and it caused a major uproar or attention in the United States. Because it was only a few days after the public found out about the De Lome letter, many Americans, and newspapers especially, put the blame onto Spain. It would soon become a minor cause of the Spanish-American War. During the war, the chant “Remember the Maine!” was used because of this tragedy.

One thousand five hundred and three people died in the sinking of the Titanic, but was it avoidable? The behemoth of a ship was supposed to be unsinkable; however, due to the Captain’s negligence, the speed of the ship, and not listening to multiple warnings it was sunk. Miss Jessie Allis Mary Goodwin, a twelve year old girl, lost her life due to the tragic sinking of the Titanic. Unfortunately, she died because she was a third class passenger so she was sealed in by the watertight doors.

died was because of sharks. Whenever the Indianapolis sank, the men were thrown into shark

On the 7 May 1915 at 14:30, then 240 metre long and 27 meter wide ship

The source is valuable for understanding how the sinking of the Lusitania caused violence within Liverpool. The source suggests that one reason why the riots occurred was due to public outrage. O’Mara states that that the ‘names of the drowned’ were ‘appalling’. This is supported by the fact that Liverpool was ‘Lusitania’s home port’. This would have caused locals to feel personally attacked by the sinking of the Lusitania. To add, the majority of those who were lost in the sinking were from the Merseyside. Over 150 of those who died were from the city of Liverpool, this would have added to the rage of the riots as the tight-knit community would have known people affected by the sinking, O’Mara goes on to talk of the ‘cries of the women whose

​“The war to end all wars” was what people called it. Others called it “The Great War”. Many people died in this war. And there was really no right or wrong in this war; meaning that I don’t think there really was a side that was wrong or right, and I’m going to explain why further in this essay. I think both sides were wrong in things, but in the end, Germany was the one that suffered the most because they were being forced to pay billions dollars in the war debts, and let the French control a rich mine for well over 15 years. But before that Germany and the Britain’s were at war with each other. And Germany sent out a warning to everyone saying that every ship crossing the war zone line (which was the

search for justice for the USS Indianapolis. 880 men died and 317 survived the attack on the USS

sunk at around 2:20am. There were 9 dogs total on board the ship, only 2 were rescued. 1,503

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

The USS Indianapolis sink July 30, 1945. Many sailors dead. The people know how they died,

The explosions caused great damage. The Indianapolis took on a heavy water. Twelve minutes later, she rolled completely over, then her stern rose into the air, and she plunged straight down into the ocean. Some 300 of the 1,196 crewmen went down with the ship. With very scarce lifeboats and many without lifejackets, the remainder of the crew were set adrift. The navy blamed the sinking on the captain which was Butler McVay. They blamed this on him because he did not use a zig zagging maneuver. Which would have prevented this tragic

In spite of the fact that the sinking of the RMS Lusitania occurred during a time when the media world did not have a lot of influence on the masses, the event's circumstances made it possible for it to trigger intense feelings all across the globe. The First World War had started and the Lusitania was to be the ship that would emphasize the fact that the U.S. needed to join the conflict and that society as a whole needed to acknowledge the fact that Germany was determined to exercise world dominance by using its military power against innocent individuals. The 9/11 events have had a similar impact on the world, considering that the actors involved came to be perceived as evil individuals who attacked innocent people with the purpose of demonstrating that they had the power to do so.

other carriers. Many carriers were sunk by submarines, but submarines were also likely to be sunk by other aircraft carriers after their presence was known.

The U.S. Navy experienced its worst submarine disaster when the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) was lost on the morning of 10 April,1963 she met with her escort vessel the USS Skylark to conduct a depth test. At approximately 0747, the Thresher commenced a deep dive. At approximately 0913 she reported, "Experiencing minor difficulties have positive up angle. Am attempting to blow. Will keep you informed." At approximately 0916, the Skylark heard a garbled transmission believed to include the words " . . . test depth" and at 0917, another garbled transmission containing the words " .. . nine hundred North" was reported. At 0918, a high-energy, low-frequency noise disturbance was observed. Although the specific cause was never established, the Navy theorized that a flooding casualty short-circuited electrical equipment that caused the nuclear reactor to shut down. Operating at a depth of about 1,300 feet, the crew tried to blow her ballast tanks. At that point, a phenomenon known as Venturi cooling took place: moisture in the deballasting systems accumulated and froze in the boat's reducing valve strainers, blocking the passage of compressed air into the ballast tanks. These strainers, installed by the manufacturer to protect sensitive reduction valves from particulate matter, proved the sub's

There are several theories that explain why the Soviet submarine, the Kursk, had sunk. The Kursk was a submarine used in the Russian Navy. On August 12th, 2000, the submarine was in the Barents Sea practicing and readying for war. When the submarine was doing its exercises it puzzlingly sunk. The submarine had many admirable specs, including nuclear-powered missile ability and declared an Oscar-II class (MilitaryChannel2). An Oscar-II class submarine was a cruise missile specifically used for the Russian plan to attack NATO aircraft carriers (naval-technology.com). The captain of the short-lived submarine was captain Gennady Lyachin, who unfortunately did not survive the sinking (Space Media Network). When the submarine mysteriously sunk, of