Lost Military
USS Indianapolis
1945 · Lost ship · Philippine Sea
War graveWhere. Philippine Sea
Status. War grave
Status. War grave
The account
Torpedoed after delivering atomic-bomb components; sank in 12 minutes. Only 316 of ~1,195 survived days of shark attacks. Found 2017.
Leads, where the trail points now
- The cruiser was torpedoed in 1945 days after delivering the Hiroshima bomb components, and the shark attacks on its survivors are infamous.
- The wreck was found in 2017 by Paul Allen's team at about 5,500 meters in the Philippine Sea; it is a war grave and off limits to disturbance.
- This is a memorial and documentary site, not a treasure hunt.
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