WWII buffs, tonight on DSC- Pacific Tragedy: U.S.S. Indianapolis

[DallasCowpoke]

New special on Discovery Channel tonight.
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Pacific Tragedy: U.S.S. Indianapolis

TV-14 (LV) ~sorry Bob~

The horrific tale of the USS Indianapolis still swirls with unanswered questions. How could the pride of the US Navy be lost in a matter of minutes? Pacific Tragedy chronicles the struggle of 300 men abandoned at sea for days.

 

[Doomsday101]

I'll never wear a life vest again. :laugh2:

 

[DallasCowpoke]

I'll never wear a life vest again. :laugh2:

So, eleven hundred men went in the water; 316 men come out and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.

 

[Chief]

One of the most tragic and heroic stories ever. Read Doug Stanton's great book about it recently. Thanks for the heads-up, Cowpoke.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

yeah that was a tragedy.

Stacy Keach played the captain in a movie once.

Some of the sailors became so delirious from thirst and exposure, they were attacking each other.

 

[Hostile]

I personally think this is one of the greatest scenes ever in any movie.

[youtube]5nrvMNf-HEg[/youtube]

 

[burmafrd]

several screwups. Because the Indy had brought the bomb parts, its voyage was kept very quiet. Then sending it out after delivering the bomb parts without any escort was even more stupid- whoever ordered that was really the one to blame. Also no one noticed that she was missing which was partly due to the secrecy of her previous mission and partly stupidity and screwups. She was NOT the pride of the US Navy; if any ship was at that time it was the Enterprise.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

several screwups. Because the Indy had brought the bomb parts, its voyage was kept very quiet. Then sending it out after delivering the bomb parts without any escort was even more stupid- whoever ordered that was really the one to blame. Also no one noticed that she was missing which was partly due to the secrecy of her previous mission and partly stupidity and screwups. She was NOT the pride of the US Navy; if any ship was at that time it was the Enterprise.

And the stupidest part of all was assuming that just because she was supposed to be transferred to someone else's command once they reached port, that they needn't concern themselves with marking them as an arrival or not.

 

[Chief]

And the stupidest part of all was assuming that just because she was supposed to be transferred to someone else's command once they reached port, that they needn't concern themselves with marking them as an arrival or not.

The absence of an escort was one thing, but this is what amazed me.

That and the report that Commodore Gillett called back search vessels to Leyte after they were seven hours out on the night of the sinking. Because they couldn't get a response, they reportedly wrote off the distress signals as a prank.

 

[arglebargle]

The worst part of the aftermath of the Indianopolis tragedy is that the Navy tried to railroad the ship captain. They wanted him to be a scapegoat, and so tried him. Sad commentary.

 

[Chief]

Watched my recording this morning. They did a pretty good job with the re-creations. They couldn't touch on all the details, but a good documentary considering they had to cram it into one hour.

 

[Longboysfan]

They looking up the U.S.S. Juneau - worse than that and the Navy covered it up.

 

[xWraithx]

well ******, this sounds like something I'd have liked to watch

any news of a re-run?

 

[Concord]

They looking up the U.S.S. Juneau - worse than that and the Navy covered it up.

 

[Concord]

I personally think this is one of the greatest scenes ever in any movie.

[youtube]5nrvMNf-HEg[/youtube]

Agreed.

Only one teeny problem...he got the date wrong.

 

[Hostile]

I just did a ceiling repair for a kid whose Grandpa was on the Indianapolis. He showed me some pictures and everything. His last name was Peña. I wonder if there is a survivor's list anywhere.

I asked him if he watched this show and he was really excited about it. It must be cool to see some of your ancestors History like that.

Edit...

This site had a list of the entire crew. Sure enough, there was the name of his Grandpa, and listed as a survivor.

http://www.ussindianapolis.org/crew.htm