The Wreck of USS Indianapolis – In the Blackness of the Deep Sea

The brass had no business sending it without a escort

R.I.P. captain. You did your duty well, only to be betrayed by your government.

Indy has a new lease on life in Azur Lane

I think the think the gun came out from the way of the angle the ship sunk

the rear turret most likely did not fall out due to physics. as the bow plunged, the water resistance on the bow turrets would would have had a lifting effect, pulling the turrets out (naval turrets arent fixed to the ship but sit on a ball bearing ring. the turrets sheer weight is what keeps it in place the rear turret however was protected from the water resistance by the superstructure, als indicating the sank with the superstructue facing upwards the entire way down

Great video, but the Indianapolis wasn't selected to carry the bomb materials to Tinian because of the IJN's impotence by that point in the war. She'd just completed repairs at Mare Island after taking heavy bomb damage while participating in the pre-invasion bombardment of Okinawa. She was selected because she was fast and available.

great episode . Question , Why would the 40mm gun still be loaded . Why are there still empty shell casings still in the tub . After any engagement the guns would be checked , the general area would be cleaned up , ready for action .
With the 5" gun , it is facing / pointing up as if ready to open fire . My question is , is it possible that the Indianapolis was being attacked by an enemy aircraft` . ??? or something else ..

Pretty sure the turrets often fall out do to their sheer weight. These things weigh several tons and a lot of the time are fastened in place mostly using said weight. The designers know if the ship is ever tilted far enough for gravity to pull them out rather then hold them in place, you have bigger problems to worry about.

Indianapolis delivered the Abomb... so super secret both Navy n Army did not know its true course.. ship no zigzag cuz capt thought no Jpn subs so late in war... thus crew slow KIA by sharks after sinking... took 2 days for navy to realize ship no comm link

It is amazing how intact she is, being so deep. Painted numbers still plainly visible, rifling in the guns still prominent.
You could likely raise her today and she could be made to look as good as new.
But even in places you can already see evidence of the same bacteria that has been swiftly and steadily eating away at the Titanic starting to crop up on some of her guns and window ports.
With luck, it won’t spread as quickly, and also hopefully the Chinese will keep away from her.

Captain wasn't responsible.

I wonder how long before china finds away to steal all the metals like there doing all over the pacific and war graves.
Truly a evil government.

My uncle went down on the ship. William Frances Pane from New Orleans. My grandfather was heartbroken and held hope for quite some time that he had survived and would return home. At some point a survivor who had been friends with my uncle contacted my grandfather and told him that William had finished his shift and had returned to his quarters to sleep. My grandfather then accepted that he was indeed one of those most likely killed in the initial blast.
I have a postcard of the ship that my uncle sent to my mom while he was in San Francisco.
I also have a copy of a telegram that my mom sent to him when she began to worry because she had not heard from him.
Two other special items I’ve inherited are the Purple Heart the was given to my grandfather with Uncle William’s name engraved on it and a proclamation signed by President Harry Truman.
I pray for his soul and for all the sailors lost in that tragic event.

My second cousin went down with this ship. I wasn't born yet, but my Mother told me about him. She said his parents never got over it.

The loaded 40mm was common for ships in the pacific as was the guns elevated in different positions as this gained time for the gunners especially in suicide attacks. I would not be surprised if the secondary batteries were loaded also.

It looks like it’s only been on the bottom for 10 years. Now she has been found the lost crew can now stand easy & rest in peace.

This demonstrates how incompetent the Navy Admirals can be.

I've heard these investigators refer to "Swiss Cheese" meaning that - usually the holes don't line up, but every now and then, the slices line up so that the holes go through several slices.
Sometimes, an incident just lines up so that all the safeguards let something fall through.
Funny though how all the weight can fall on one person.

"Anyway, we delivered the bomb."

The captain of the submarine that sank the Indianapolis came to testify in defense of the captain of the Indianapolis to stress that it was not the fault of anybody on the Indianapolis that the ship was lost. He stressed no ship could have survived the torpedoes the Indianapolis took. Evidently his testimony was not enough.

There is a littoral combat ship named, "Indianapolis (LCS-17)," today. I think she is less than ten years old.

I like ships who arent captured

1100 men into the water, Chief....sharks are in the water. 1975, When I first learned about the USS Indianapolis.

USS Plymouth

Anyway, we delivered the bomb

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The turrets are held in by gravity so when the ship was sinking if the ship was listing and rolling the turrets will fall out because they're not held in securely just by the weight of the turrets held them in I don't know why the stern didn't come out who knows? And my father fought in the Pacific war in the Navy during WW2 aboard a Fletcher class Destroyer so my father taught me a lot about the Pacific war because he was in it..

What no mention of Quints spooky monologue in the awesome movie Jaws? Nobody really ever heard of the USS Indianapolis until Jaws came out in 1975!

"Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte. We'd just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half-hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that in the water, Chief? You can tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail.

What we didn't know, was that our bomb mission was so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin' by, so we formed ourselves into tight groups. It was sorta like you see in the calendars, you know the infantry squares in the old calendars like the Battle of Waterloo and the idea was the shark come to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and sometimes that shark he go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away.

Sometimes that shark looks right at ya. Right into your eyes. And the thing about a shark is he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn't even seem to be livin'... 'til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundin' and your hollerin' those sharks come in and... they rip you to pieces. You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks there were, maybe a thousand. I do know how many men, they averaged six an hour.

Thursday mornin', Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boson's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up, down in the water, he was like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist. At noon on the fifth day, a Lockheed Ventura swung in low and he spotted us, a young pilot, lot younger than Mr. Hooper here, anyway he spotted us and a few hours later a big ol' fat PBY come down and started to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened. Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.

Anyway, we delivered the bomb."

That’s creepy.

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Could you make a video about USS eldridge? I would like to know more about the actual ship its self rather than all the "crazy stuff" its surrounding it. What ever happened to it? Did it sink, or was it scrapped? Whats its history? I wanted to know more about the ship itself, but i cant find any good videos concentrating on the ship.

She was on a secret mission to deliver the bomb, after they delivered it,they headed with no escort heading back to Guam..or where ever they was headed back to.. why there was blame is a sad story in its self..

My father was on the USS Indianapolis from San Francisco to Tinian. He got off at Tinian before her sinking. He always said that the ship had the best food in the Navy.

Won't be long before they salvage this and other ship wreaks from both World Wars. There are wreaks that have been salvaged already. Don't be surprised when they salvage the Titanic. Literally billions of dollars of salvageable metals. Too tempting to leave to oxidize away to nothing.

Regarding the gun barbetts missing their gun mounts remember these were on rollers and only gearing existed to turn turret

The turrets were basically separate from the main hull, its more surprising the aft turret stayed. the turret is basically two or three decks deep, and are like a giant pin, all the ammo and powder loading mechanisms were in the turret, and the storage was around the outside of said turret.

Looks like they would recover the bells from the ship for a museum!

Should be raised and restored and put back in commission.

I have known for almost my whole life that the USS Indianapolis brought the Little Boy across the Pacific from San Francisco to Tinian Island. Without her mission I might never have known my father or my uncles. - Marc Smith, born 8/16/1943.

IF YOU LOOK IN THE DOORWAY YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE & HEAD OF A BODY & IN THE SHOT OF THE BELL YOU CAN SEE WHAT APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER BODY WITH A HEAD

You need to hire a professional narrator. You sound like you're reading a script, no feeling, no personality. So boring!

She is a memorial and a war grave I salute the brave men who served aboard her Thank You for your service

Cool Video... crazy deep. I wonder if Divers will be able to reach that depth someday. Doubtful... but neat to think about.

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Im proud to say i have a uss Indianapolis ships newspaper and a July 4th 1941 ships dinner menu.

The ship was carrying an A - bomb and the navy didn't see 😢 fit to provide an anti - submarine ( destroyer ) escort? Clearly top brass incompetence!!