Name: The Story of the Deadliest Shark Attack in US History
Uploaded: 2021-05-20T15:42:40.000Z
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disasters in the history of the United States Navy.

If you've seen Steven Spielberg's 1975 mega hit,

Jaws, one of the most riveting moments in the movie

recounting the slaughter of the crew of the USS Indianapolis

If you thought some clever screenwriter just made it up

Today we're going to take a look at the deadliest shark

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OK, who's up for a swim in the most shark

completed a mission that would change world history.

When it delivered the components for the first operational

the parts would be assembled into the notorious atomic bomb

be dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima,

After completing the delivery, the Indianapolis

was sent to join the USS Idaho in the Philippines.

There they would assist in preparations for an invasion

The ship set out alone for its new destination

It was smooth sailing at first, but the USS Indianapolis

would soon find its journey coming to a sudden and violent

halt. It was just after midnight on July 30, 1945

when a Japanese submarine launched two torpedoes

It was a direct hit that split the ship into two.

The order to abandon ship came quickly but not quickly

It took just 12 minutes for the giant vessel to sink,

would be arguably worse than the ones who

The Indianapolis went down fast and the resulting chaos

led to numerous injuries and a lack of proper equipment

Approximately 879 servicemen survived the initial sinking,

but many didn't have the time to get life preservers.

So they had to constantly fight to stay afloat.

The ones who did manage to get life vests

found themselves unable to do much but helplessly bob

suffered gashes or broken bones when the torpedo struck.

As if all that wasn't bad enough, almost all of them

were covered in fuel that was leaking out

beginning to die in each other's arms floating in the ocean.

The Indianapolis sank fast, but in those 12 minutes

until they were absolutely unable to do so any longer.

But for reasons that remain unknown to this very day,

on time at its destination, no one got suspicious.

By sunrise there was blood in the water, literally.

Once a survivor was isolated from the group,

the sharks would move in and quickly pounce.

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The Story of the Deadliest Shark Attack in US History

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