USS Indianapolis found

[tprice]

RIP to these brave souls



https://news.usni.org/2017/08/19/uss...wreckage-found

[marsh chicken]

I have been reading a book about this. The captain was railroaded and the crew paid the ultimate price.

[whitty]

18,000 feet down. That's pretty wild to find something at that kind of depth!!

[orion]

Neptune's Inferno is another good read. It's about the battle of Guadalcanal.

[willyworm]

I know that far down makes the search harder but you'd a thunk the survivors might have had a clue on where they were when she went down. Anywho, glad they found it. Hopefully it provides some closure, for what it worth, to the loved ones of those who perished in the tragedy.

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[rrconductor]

Name of the book , please. My Mother's middle Brother was a submariner from 1945 -1977 . He retired as a COB, grizzled old man that wore tailored uniforms from China. Hard drinking, cussing, he loved conflict and the Captains he served under. Sleeve was covered with hash marks.

[willk]

I know that far down makes the search harder but you'd a thunk the survivors might have had a clue on where they were when she went down

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Not when you have been drifting for several days while being eaten by sharks.

[gooseaholic]

Not when you have been drifting for several days while being eaten by sharks.

And only those near the bridge and charts would have that knowledge.

[willyworm]

Yeah, that'll fog a memory I'm sure.

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[DoubleSprig]

rrconductor, your uncle sounds like a real "man's man" that we should all have the privelidge of meeting and talking with.

[marsh chicken]

Name of the book is

Abandon Ship! By Richard F Newcomb

[slowiedawg]

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[nitro5x6's]

Awesome scene.. " Let's drink to our legs"

[turbo]

In Harm's Way.

Best complete work on the subject. Period.

[Strick9]

^ true and brutal

[Dawhoo]

I found this video of my grandfathers first cousin... one of the 300 or so that survived. The main subject of "In Harm's Way" was his raft mate. Died Feb 2016.