Ep 167: Blood on the Water - The USS Indianapolis | Doomed to Fail

Let's talk about one of the worst Naval disasters in US history. At the end of WWII, the United States needed to get the uranium for the atomic bomb closer to Japan. Enter the USS Indianapolis - a ship that was just repaired from a kamikaze attack in the Battle of Okinawa. Nobody onboard knew what their mission or cargo was, but it was completed without incident.
HOWEVER, on the way back to Guam they were spotted by a submarine. 6 torpedos, with 2 hits later it's going to be a harrowing 4 days in the water.
There are sharks! There are mental breakdowns! There are insane amounts of human suffering... As Quint said in Jaws "So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest."
Episode link: play.headliner...

[@taylorpineiro7059]

Brian, we get it. Our show is meant to feel as if you are with your friends talking about history - we do this for fun we are not the news. I would suggest “Hardcore History” with Dan Carlin - we love him and it’s very factual while still holding on to masterful storytelling.

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[@brianbelton3605]

I'm 6 minutes into this, and I have heard the work LIKE, around 5,000 times. We need Walter Cronkite again.