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A WWII TRAGEDY: HONORING THE HEROES OF THE USS INDIANAPOLIS: THE US NAVY'S WORST MARITIME DISASTER
Honoring the Heroes of the USS Indianapolis: The U.S. Navy's Worst Maritime Disaster of WWII (1945)
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Episode Summary
This episode tells the unforgettable story of the USS Indianapolis—a mission cloaked in secrecy, a sinking that became the U.S. Navy's worst maritime disaster of World War II, and a fight for survival that pushed nearly 900 sailors beyond the limits of human endurance.
Fresh from delivering components of the atomic bomb Little Boy to Tinian Island, the Indianapolis was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-58 on July 30, 1945. The ship…
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