USS Indianapolis Found
 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/19...llen-crew.html

Long lost USS Indianapolis wreckage discovered by Paul Allen crew

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Wreckage from the USS Indianapolis, which sank 72 years ago after being torpedoed during World War II, was found in the Philippine Sea by the expedition crew of billionaire Paul Allen.

The Indianapolis was hit by the Japanese on July 30, 1945 and sank in only 12 minutes, leading to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the Navy's history. Of 1,196 crew aboard the ship, only 317 survived.

The men who didn't go down with the ship faced dehydration, saltwater poisoning and shark-infested waters.

"To be able to honor the brave men of the USS Indianapolis and their families through the discovery of a ship that played such a significant role during World War II is truly humbling," Allen said in a statement.

Prior to being attacked, the Indianapolis had delivered components of one of the two nuclear weapons that were later dropped on Japan.

"For more than two decades I've been working with survivors. To a man, they have longed for the day when their ship would be found, solving their final mystery," Captain William Toti, retired, spokesperson for for the survivors of the USS Indianapolis told PaulAllen.com.

Previous Allen-led expeditions have resulted in the discovery of the Japanese battleship Musashi and the Italian WWII destroyer Artigliere.

The 16-person team on Allen's ship will continue to survey the full site and will conduct a live tour of the wreckage in the coming weeks.

Awesome

That's great. I wonder how many survivors are left.

Wow! That is a big deal.

They'd all have to be 90 or older. I assume there must be a few left.

Watched the Nick Cage movie just a few weeks back. shit movie but it painted the picture decently enough. Incredible that they found it.

I read a book about it and how Captain McVay was scapegoated afterward. Poor bastard finally killed himself after receiving hate mail from lost crewmens' family members for years. :shake:

Hopefully they can find some more survivors.

That's a tough story, though. Not a good way to die.

They would have to be very hungry by now.

Japanese submarine slammed two torpedos into our side, chief. . . . Come back from droppin' the bomb. . . . that Hiroshima bomb.

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Its incredible to finally locate those lost men, hard to imagine the ordeal survivors went through

Came here wondering if this scene was included. Wasn't disappointed.

I'll cop to it being a 'pop culture reference' but it's a pretty gripping one to give people who are unfamiliar a sense of context.

I love the book, "In Harm's Way."

This is awesome.

That's the one I read. Couldn't remember the title.

Very cool. Finished up a book a few months ago about the ships story.

It was at the bottom of the ocean. Not many. It been so long ago the sharks that ate all their asses are dead as well.

2015 article from National Geographic said 31 were left, youngest was 88.

Good article, but I'm not good at linking.

The movie was quite awesome too

Of course, it had John Wayne, somehow could it be bad:)

Soooooooooooo very awesome they found her. I look forward to more pictures.

Wow.

That's the Independence.

ROFLwrong boat

Great stuff. I think I remember reading that the container holding the uranium was actually welded to the deck. Good thing the Japanese got her on the way back and not on the way there.

Oh shit.. And I got it from a link. My bad...

It was still cool Glory. I love this stuff.

Yeah, but it's kind of embarrassing for a Nay guy.. But that was a swing and a miss on my part...

I love a Zero bar, but what's that got to do with this thread?

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Apparently I didn't hit CTRL-C hard enough to do away with my last copied image.

Oops. :D

I was going to go back and edit my post to include your quote, but you quickly deleted that one.

Now I'm the one that looks like a senile old man rambling on about candy bars.

ROFL

You can delete them all if you want.

I wonder if Paul will give tidbits during his Vikings radio broadcasts

Nah, if we can't laugh at ourselves...

I killed Paul Allen with an axe in the face, his body is dissolving in a bathtub in Hell's Kitchen.

This finding along with Space X and Virginia Galactic and Blue Origin and Hyperloop and Tesla all show how private industry is much better than government and how government can play a supporting role, NOT the lead.