Looks like they found the USS Indianapolis ***UPDATE LIVE on PBS

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Update! PBS is showing a live show on this with ROV's.

They had remote subs that would run grids and map the sea floor. Once mapped, they deployed the ROV's to look at items of interest mapped.

18,000 feet deep.

This is just WOW!

They found I-58 as well. Discovery filmed it a few weeks ago.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/shipwreck-uss-indianapolis-helped-create-205940380.html

At least some debris from it have been found.

I remember watching that movie as a kid and what those men must have went through has always stuck with me.


Roughly seven decades ago, the USS Indianapolis was struck by Japanese torpedos and sank within minutes into an ocean full of sharks. About 300 people survived, but the ship was lost.

And now it's been found.

Debris from the USS Indianapolis was found August 18, 2017. Image from PaulAllen.com, where photos were shared by Paul G. Allen, Robert Kraft, Sam Cox and Richard Hulver. PaulAllen.com

Paul Allen, who cofounded Microsoft, announced Saturday that he and a crew of researchers had finally located wreckage from the USS Indianapolis, which went down on July 30, 1945.

[RetroRevolver77]

I think Robert Shaw's characterization of Quint sums up the horror of that situation quite well. He did quite a lot of research on the subject and wrote the dialogue himself.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9S41Kplsbs

[RetroRevolver77]

The full account from a Marine who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOAg3wCkOkI

[flenna]

Quite correct, and for me the most memorable and haunting part of Jaws.

[RetroRevolver77]

My grandfather fought in the South Pacific, part of the flotilla fighting it's way to Japan- island hopping as it were, battle after battle. Said the Japs would sink ships where the sailors and marines would be bobbing in the sea burning alive from the diesel floating on the surface or being eaten by sharks.

Here is a complete list of Allied ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy- just to give a scope on how many were lost.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_sunk_by_the_Imperial_Japanese_Navy#United_States


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[ramairthree]

Quite correct, and for me the most memorable and haunting part of Jaws.

I grew up in a rural area about 40 minutes from any town with a movie theatre, McDonald's, etc.
And on the poor side.

So, I saw jaws like I did most movies from that era.
On a 13 inch black and white TV a few years later on the Sunday night movie.

It was chilling even for a kid.
I was too little to understand how good of a scene he was performing.
By the time I saw blade runner, i was old enough I knew Hauer was delivering a world class scene as I watched on someone's VCR on a decent TV.
About that same time, some other friend had gotten a laser disc.
I saw jaws for the first time on a color tv without commercials.
I was old enough to appreciate he was giving a top notch scene about the sharks.

[ABNAK]

The full account from a Marine who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOAg3wCkOkI

I met that man twice. The second time I encountered him I paid for his lunch on my way out of the restaurant.

First time I saw him he was sitting on a bench outside of a local hospital reading a book. I saw his polo shirt had "USS Indianapolis Survivor" on the breast pocket. I did a double-take and stopped in my tracks. I asked him "You were an Indianapolis survivor, huh?" He looked at me and said "Well I'm sitting here right now aren't I?" Yep, got me on that one! I laughed and we had a long conversation.

He was a SSG on the Indianapolis' Marine detachment. He was the sergeant of the guard for the atomic bomb. He said they didn't know what it was at the time but were under strict orders that no one was to get near it. He also told me that the majority of survivors never blamed Capt. McVeigh for what happened. He told me that the next week he flying to the Boy Scouts National Jamboree as a guest speaker.

I asked him if he was ever able to bring himself to go back in the ocean again. He replied "No, not really fond of it." Guess I see why.

[Pilot1]

Quite correct, and for me the most memorable and haunting part of Jaws.

Mine too. One of the best scenes in movies of all time.

[yellowfin]

Quite correct, and for me the most memorable and haunting part of Jaws.Agreed, and the attacking of the boat immediately thereafter given that context. If they can eat 800 guys off a cruiser then those three in a wood hulled boat are toast.

[SteyrAUG]

Of all the worst ways I can think of...bobbing in the open ocean hoping to be rescued before you can no longer tread water, die of thirst and exposure or just otherwise drown is right up there. Add sharks to the mix and it's something only serial killers who exploit children deserve.

The fact that we consigned some of our own veterans to such a fate even inadvertently is pretty inexcusable. If I somehow managed to survive, my life wouldn't be complete until I settled up with Lieutenant Gibson.

[Moose-Knuckle]

I think Robert Shaw's characterization of Quint sums up the horror of that situation quite well. He did quite a lot of research on the subject and wrote the dialogue himself.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9S41Kplsbs

I'll second this.

I kid you not, I can't keep a dry eye when I see that scene. My wife never understood until she researched the importance of that ship and her crew.


ETA: anyone see the new Nicholas Cage movie about the Indianapolis? Been meaning to check it out.

[chuckman]

There was an article, an interview of the ship's physician, who had lived. He was badly burned and talked in detail about the three (four?) days before being rescued. Guys disappearing one by one, the screams in the night, etc. Horrifying and chilling.

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Live video special going on right now.

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