USS Indianapolis

Before the USS Indianapolis was sunk it delivered materials to create the atomic bomb that the US dropped instead of invading the Japanese Homeland. Because the casualties would be so high. This sinking of the USS Indianapolis was one of the most tragic sinkings in World War Two After major repairs the USS Indianapolis received orders to cruise to Tinian island, carrying parts and the enriched uranium for the atomic bomb Little Boy, which would later be dropped on Hiroshima. Indianapolis departed

and day,” said Loel Dean Cox, a survivor of the USS Indianapolis tragedy. The USS Indianapolis was a Naval cruiser that was hit with a torpedo and sunk in the Philippine Sea on July 30, 1945. The ship had over 1,200 men on board, with 800 made it into the water, and only 316 survived after being rescued. The men spent four days in the shark infested waters, now the USS Indianapolis tragedy is called the worst shark attack in history. The USS Indianapolis tragedy could have been avoided if Captain McVay’s

Many people take the sinking of the USS Indianapolis for granted. Some people do not even know about the sinking of the ship because it is not even mentioned in history books. However, the people who know about the sinking of the ship, do they really know why they died? The reason why the shipmates died goes a lot deeper than just the ship sinking. There are many factors that went into why the shipmates died at midnight on July 30, 1945. A major factor in why the shipmates died was the ship’s conditions

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. The sinking caused many problems. As a result of the sinking, a lot of sailors died. The men were in the water for way too long. They were exposed to a lot of things while they were in the middle of the ocean. They were exposed to sharks, seawater, oil, sun rays

During the USS Indianapolis’ second voyage, on July 30, 1945, the ship was torpedoed by a japanese submarine. After the sinking of the ship, more than a thousand men had to survive the sea with injuries and limited supplies. The crew of the Indianapolis started out with 1,197 men and came out with only 317 men. We all know how the men in the water died, but it is not the same thing as knowing why they died. The men that were out in the water died for various reasons, one of the reasons why they died

The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis “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

The USS Indianapolis sinking is a very historical event that was said to be incorrectly documented. The Navy blamed captain McVay for the incident that occurred on July 30, 1945 when the ship was hit by two out of six torpedoes fired by the I-58, a japanese submarine. He was blamed for the death of 879 men, was court martialed and was charged with failing to zigzag and failure to order abandon ship in a timely manner. The men went through such a horrific event when the ship sank. They were exposed

USS Indianapolis (CL/CA-35) was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. The vessel served as the flagship for the commander of Scouting Force 1 for eight pre-war years, then as flagship for Admiral Raymond Spruance, in 1943 and 1944, while he commanded the Fifth Fleet in battles across the Central Pacific in World War II. In 1945, the sinking of Indianapolis led to the greatest single loss of life at sea, from a single ship, in the history

In western Australian author Tim Winton’s book, The Turning, the large collection of short stories are aimed towards teenagers and other people who have been teenagers. This is so, because each story uses a similar theme to do with finishing high school, how people decide what they want to do for the rest of their lives and the character’s journeys along the way. The story “Family” is told from a third person view about a man named Leaper. He chooses to leave his home and family in his HK and decides

The USS Indianapolis sink July 30, 1945. Many sailors dead. The people know how they died, but do the people know why they died. Some reason why they died was the men didn’t have good communication, some men couldn’t swim, and some of the men didn’t make it to the lifeboat. When the ship went down some of the men were in a group for survival. Then days started to pass and some of the men started to get frustrated and wanted to leave to find help, but the other told those men who wanted to find help