USS Indianapolis: The Atomic Mission, Four Days Adrift and a Captain Made the Scapegoat
Shortly after midnight on 30 July 1945, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was sailing alone between Guam and Leyte. It had just completed a secret trip to Tinian, where it delivered components used in the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In the Philippine Sea, the Japanese submarine I-58 fired torpedoes. Two struck the starboard side. Indianapolis sank in about twelve minutes.
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Shortly after midnight on 30 July 1945, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was sailing alone between Guam and Leyte. It had just completed a secret trip to Tinian, where it delivered components used in the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In the Philippine Sea, the Japanese submarine I-58 fired torpedoes. Two struck the starboard side. Indianapolis sank in about twelve minutes.
Shortly after midnight on 30 July 1945, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was sailing alone between Guam and Leyte. It had just completed a secret trip to Tinian, where it delivered components used in the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In the Philippine Sea, the Japanese submarine I-58 fired torpedoes. Two struck the starboard side. Indianapolis sank in about twelve minutes.
Shortly after midnight on 30 July 1945, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was sailing alone between Guam and Leyte. It had just completed a secret trip to Tinian, where it delivered components used in the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In the Philippine Sea, the Japanese submarine I-58 fired torpedoes. Two struck the starboard side. Indianapolis sank in about twelve minutes.
Shortly after midnight on 30 July 1945, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was sailing alone between Guam and Leyte. It had just completed a secret trip to Tinian, where it delivered components used in the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In the Philippine Sea, the Japanese submarine I-58 fired torpedoes. Two struck the starboard side. Indianapolis sank in about twelve minutes.
Shortly after midnight on 30 July 1945, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was sailing alone between Guam and Leyte. It had just completed a secret trip to Tinian, where it delivered components used in the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In the Philippine Sea, the Japanese submarine I-58 fired torpedoes. Two struck the starboard side. Indianapolis sank in about twelve minutes.