[Riley]

Wreck of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) found.

[ifinnegan]

Wow.

[Does so]

This would be unknown, except for the story re-told in the movie, “Jaws”.

[stanne]

‘So, we’ll drink to our legs’

[Tennessee Nana]

the ship mentioned in Jaws ???

[Kakaze]

I heard the other day. There are 19 survivors left.

Thank you all, for what you did.

Thanking you, just doesn’t seem to be enough.

[x]

A little late, Paul ...

[Flag_This]

"So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.

Anyway, we delivered the bomb."

[MAGA2017]

Wow! Didn’t know anyone was looking for it. Allen has a nice warplane collection just north of Seattle that’s open to the public. Worth a visit. Quite a few WWII era planes.

[BenLurkin]

[rockrr]

Jaws - The Indianapolis Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9S41Kplsbs

[fella]

There was another cruiser that the Japs sank early in the war in the Dutch East Indies. It was nicked a ghost ship because the Japs had claimed to have sunk so many times and it kept returning to the fight. The survivors wound up building a railroad in Burma. when they were freed and returned home they were totally forgotten.

[Daffynition]

**Around 800 of the ship’s 1,196 sailors and Marines survived the sinking, but after four to five days in the water, suffering exposure, dehydration, drowning, and shark attacks, only 316 survived.**

If anyone ever wondered what it was like to be in the water after a enemy attack, I offer my Uncle Joe’s verbal account of what it was like after his ship the USS Juneau was hit. [The Juneau was the ship of the Sullivan Brothers tragedy.]

**TEN MEN OUT OF 700** is not a perfect piece of literature; it is what it is. I’m so glad we have his first hand account of what happened. God rest my Uncle Joe.

[MAGA2017]

The UK Daily mail site has photos of the wreck. Amazing condition.

[Mozzafiato]

Quite a remarkable history (especially the “Secret Mission” section) at this link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35)

[libertylover]

I honor the men of the USS Indianapolis for their honorable service, both those who survived and those who didn’t. Salute!

But with this discovery coming so close to other recent events, I wouldn’t be surprised for someone to claim they deserved it, for delivering the atomic bomb to Tinian Island.

[jmacusa]

Wow. It should remain undisturbed. It's the final resting place of some 600 nay men.

[jmacusa]

Wow. It should remain undisturbed. It's the final resting place of some 600 Navy men.

[Chode]

love the dazzle

[grey_whiskers]

It’s too late, Paul, they already offloaded the nuke.

[Wolfie]

There was a movie last year, though it tanked at the box office.

USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage