Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, the Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea.
They expected a swift, routine rescue, unaware that the.
As the torpedoes hit, the Indianapolis erupted into a fiery coffin, Sinking in less than fifteen minutes and leaving nine hundred crewmen fighting for life in shark-infested waters.
The ship had just left the island of Tinian, delivering components of the atomic bomb destined for Hiroshima.
Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, the Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea