Wreckage of U.S.S. Indianapolis, Lost for 72 Years, Is Found in the Pacific
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2017-08-21
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Wreckage of U.S.S. Indianapolis, Lost for 72 Years, Is Found in the Pacific
“While our search for the rest of the wreckage will continue, I hope everyone connected to this historic ship will
feel some measure of closure at this discovery so long in coming,” Mr. Allen said in a statement on his website.
Mr. Allen’s search expedition released pictures of wreckage on the sea floor, including a telltale piece of hull bearing the number 35 — evidence to the 22 still-living survivors
that the ship they frantically escaped in the early hours of July 30, 1945, had finally been found.
That was until Saturday, when a team led by Paul G. Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, announced
that it had found unmistakable wreckage of the Indianapolis 18,000 feet deep in the Philippine Sea, rekindling memories of the Navy’s worst disaster at sea.
“While our search for the rest of the wreckage will continue, I hope everyone connected to this historic ship will
feel some measure of closure at this discovery so long in coming,” Mr. Allen said in a statement on his website.
Mr. Allen’s search expedition released pictures of wreckage on the sea floor, including a telltale piece of hull bearing the number 35 — evidence to the 22 still-living survivors
that the ship they frantically escaped in the early hours of July 30, 1945, had finally been found.
That was until Saturday, when a team led by Paul G. Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, announced
that it had found unmistakable wreckage of the Indianapolis 18,000 feet deep in the Philippine Sea, rekindling memories of the Navy’s worst disaster at sea.
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