Suicide attacks and sharks: what killed the cruiser Indianapolis

On 30 July 1945 by Japanese submarine I-58 torpedoed the USS Indianapolis. He was the last major U.S. Navy ship, sunk during the Second world war. Victims of the attack were 883. Along with Indianapolis on the bottom left about 300 sailors. Many died in four days from dehydration and hypothermia. A few dozen people being eaten by sharks.

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