Out of the Deep: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
By Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic
October 2018 • World War II Magazine
When the USS Indianapolis sank in shark-infested waters, the navy unjustly held its captain responsible. It took more than 50 years to clear his name
Monday, July 30, 1945
By historynet
The first torpedo slammed into the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis’s starboard bow, killing dozens of men in an instant. The violent explosion ejected Captain Charles B. McVay III, 47, from his bunk in the emergency cabin just aft of the bridge. The ship whipped beneath him and set up a rattling vibration that took him back to Okinawa four months earlier.
Had they been hit by another suicider?
No, McVay thought. Impossible.
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