“the USS Indianapolis “
N0 one was looking for them and their location was unknown. They were on a secret mission to deliver the A bomb. That is why no one knew where they were.
The flight path is known here and they had almost immediate notification that contact was lost.
N0 one was looking for them and their location was unknown. They were on a secret mission to deliver the A bomb. That is why no one knew where they were.
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Not quite.
They had already delivered the components and were enroute to Australia(?) with no escort.
The skipper of the Japanese Sub that sank them was called as a witness at Capt McVay(sp?)Courts-Martial
True, but they were lost in an area under active patrol by U.S. aircraft. That was simply a well known example. Perhaps a better example would be the French airliner in the Atlantic. How long did it take to locate the wreckage, and by what means was this accomplished?