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Name: USS Indianapolis Country/Headquarters: New York Shipping Port., Active Dates/Created/Commissioned: July 30, 1945 Branch of military: Navy Commander/battles: Charles Butler McVay III/ was torpedoed by Japanese was going to deliver crucial parts of the atomic bomb

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The USS Indianapolis sunk because of the Japanese torpedoing the ship at 12:14 a.m. on July 30, 1945. When the torpedo hit the ship, the bomb hit the ship’s bow and ignited a tank with three thousand five hundred gallons of fuel. When the tank was hit, there was a pillar of fire flying a few hundred feet in the air. The ship sunk in twelve minutes with 1,196 men aboard. The ship's captain was Charles Butler McVay III, who survived.

About three hundred men went down with the ship and about nine hundred men were left in shark infested waters. They were left with little food and water and no lifeboats. Sharks were attracted to the sound of the explosions and sinking of the ship. The first night, the sharks focused on the dead that were floating. The sharks could feel the vibrations of the survivors swimming which only attracted more sharks. Blood also attracted the sharks to the men who were still living. The sailors started to separate themselves from the wounded and the bleeding. They also sacrificed bodies who were already dead.

Floating in the sea on their fourth day, a Navy plane saw them and radioed them. In a few hours, a plane returned and released boats and supplies to live. Soon the captain, Adrian Marks, saw some men being killed by sharks, he landed in the best waters, and then helped the hurt and strangling men. Soon, the USS Doyle arrived and got the concluding men into the ship.

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 * Wall Post #1: The USS Indianapolis had delivered crucial parts of the atomic bomb, that bombed Hiroshima, before being torpedoed.
 * Wall Post #2: The sharks that attacked the men were Ocean White Tips and it was the most Ocean White Tip casualties in history.
 * Wall Post #3: The ship sunk in only twelve minutes when it was torpedoed.
 * Wall Post #4: When the ship was hit by the torpedo, there was a pillar of fire flying a few hundred feet in the air.

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