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USS Indianapolis is found after 72 years on the sea bed: Wreck of ship that delivered Hiroshima A-bomb components before being sunk by the Japanese - with loss of 879 lives - is discovered by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen
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USS Indianapolis is found after 72 years on the sea bed: Wreck of ship that delivered Hiroshima A-bomb components before being sunk by the Japanese - with loss of 879 lives - is discovered by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen

    Paul Allen said Friday that his research vessel located wreckage from the USS Indianapolis
    The USS Indianapolis was destroyed by a Japanese submarine in July 1945 in the Philippine Sea
    Of the 1,197 men aboard the Indianapolis, a Portland-Class heavy cruiser, only 317 survived
    Roughly 300 men went down with the ship; hundreds more died of exposure and shark attacks
    Ship had just completed a secret mission delivering components of the nuclear weapons later used on Japan
    The sinking USS Indianapolis remains to be the most tragic maritime disaster in US naval history

By Daniel Roth For Dailymail.com

Published: 16:00 EDT, 19 August 2017 | Updated: 19:07 EDT, 19 August 2017
Billionaire tech mogul Paul G. Allen announced Friday that a research vessel belonging to his organization has located wreckage from the USS Indianapolis in the Philippine Sea.

The sinking of the Indianapolis by a Japanese submarine in 1945 remains the single biggest loss of life in US Naval history, and the discovery of the wreckage promises to shed new light on the war-time disaster.

'To be able to honor the brave men of the USS and their families through the discovery of a ship that played such a significant role during World War II is truly humbling,' Allen said in a statement published to his website.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4805748/Paul-Allen-announces-discovery-sunken-WWII-ship.html#ixzz4qFRsXsSc
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Re: USS Indianapolis is found after 72 years on the sea bed: Wreck of ship that delivered Hiroshima A-bomb components before being sunk by the Japanese - with loss of 879 lives - is discovered by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen
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Re: USS Indianapolis is found after 72 years on the sea bed: Wreck of ship that delivered Hiroshima A-bomb components before being sunk by the Japanese - with loss of 879 lives - is discovered by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen
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