On July 30, 1945, not far past midnight, the USS Indianapolis was spotted by a Japanese submarine and hit by two torpedoes. The ship had just delivered the components of the atomic bomb in a highly classified mission. It takes around 12 minutes for the ship to sink, during which time there are intense fires and gallons of diesel are dumped into the sea. Nearly 900 men survive the explosions and make it into the water, some with only life jackets, others finding shelter on […]