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It recounts the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. The show initially aired on July 29, 2007, on the eve of the anniversary of the ship’s sinking in 1945. [1] The show investigated the shark attacks that occurred when the USS Indianapolis sank. Hundreds of crew that survived were stranded in the water for four days before rescue.
Following the sinking and due to its location in a busy point of a shipping lane (the location was on the edge of a turning-point within the TSS of the English Channel), the wreck was initially guarded by the French maritime police patrol boat P671 Glaive and HMS Anglesey (a 195 ft British Island-class patrol vessel), in addition to two salvage ...
Original – Torpedoed Japanese destroyer Yamakaze photographed through periscope of USS Nautilus, 25 June 1942. (Navy) NARA FILE #: 080-G-418331 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1315 Reason A Hi-Res images I found of a submarine photographing her prey as the prey sinks to the bottom of the sea. Unusual image to have found, in particular in this day and age.
The T2 tanker ships were prone to splitting in two in cold weather. The ship's sinking and crew rescue (along with the break-up and rescue of its sister ship) is the topic of the 2009 book The Finest Hours: The True Story Behind the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman.
Original - USS Arizona (BB-39) afire and sinking during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Reason Companion nomination to the USS Arizona survivor image: the highest resolution image I could find of the disaster (12 megs, scanned at 1000dpi) restored from Image:USS Arizona sinking 2.jpg with scratches, fibers, stains, and other artifacts removed.
USS Grayback (SS-208), a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lake herring, Coregonus artedi. She ranked 20th among all U.S. submarines in total tonnage sunk during World War II , with 63,835 tons, and 24th in number of ships sunk, with 14.
The sinking of Dorchester was the worst single loss of American personnel of any American convoy during World War II. [12] Life jackets offered little protection from hypothermia, which killed most men in the water. Water temperature was 34 °F (1 °C) and air temperature was 36 °F (2 °C).
USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser torpedoed and sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. In total, 687 officers and sailors, including the five Sullivan brothers , were killed in action as a result of her sinking.