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re: The USS Indianapolis was sunk on this day 75 years ago...
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:54 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:54 pm to RollTide1987
one of the best scenes in all of cinema.
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Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:56 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:15 pm to Lithium
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The story used in the movie was given to them by a family friend when they were filming in Navarre.
The Indianapolis scene was in Jaws which was filmed on Nantucket.
Some of Jaws 2 was filmed in Navarre Beach so at a minimum so that part of your story is false.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:15 pm to ItzMe1972
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94 year old survivor tells the story:
Damn. That dude held up well. If you bet me money he was over 80, I'd have lost a lot of money.
ETA: That dude was married 71 years!
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 10:23 pm
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:18 pm to RollTide1987
Another interesting fact about the Indianapolis and Captain McVay was that the commander of the Japanese sub that sunk the Indianapolis worked to help get Captain McVay exonerated after McVay was court-martialed and convicted for failing to order the Indianapolis to do a zigzag maneuver. He maintained that such an order would have made no difference and that the Japanese sub would have still sunk the Indianapolis.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:59 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
That Jap submarine also let lose 2-3? mini subs. One of those mini-subs attacked a ship my relative was on. My relative was manning a 50 cal (think he called it something else) that they thought took out the mini-sub. Anyways, the submarine captain's crew heard an explosion and thought it was an American ship exploding due to the mini-sub. It was actually the mini-sub exploding.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 11:33 pm to RollTide1987
I only learned about this after somehow ending up in a Wikipedia rabbit hole about shark attacks.
That's when I learned all about the Oceanic Whitetip shark... and why its attacks aren't counted in statistics because they happen far from shore..
RIP to those who endured this horrific event.
That's when I learned all about the Oceanic Whitetip shark... and why its attacks aren't counted in statistics because they happen far from shore..
RIP to those who endured this horrific event.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 11:48 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
watched jaws this evening and quint did a fine job describing the sinking
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:00 am to Trevaylin
Failure to Zig zag was bullshite
Disappointed on the navy on this one.
Failure to not report enemy subs in the area.
Failure to not report a capital ship not arriving in port.
One our two details could be have saved hinderers to wars.
Disappointed on the navy on this one.
Failure to not report enemy subs in the area.
Failure to not report a capital ship not arriving in port.
One our two details could be have saved hinderers to wars.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:14 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:40 am to RollTide1987
For any Dan Carlin fans out there, he has a fantastic episode on HH Addendum entitled "Nightmares of the Indianapolis" that is one of the best accounts of the story I've heard. It's about an hour long and goes by quick, really well done and worth a listen.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 5:23 am to TigerstuckinMS
The person asking the guy the questions wasnt very good. Were you awake when the ship got hit by the first torpedo? Nah ship gets cut in half . i just slept right thru it 
Posted on 7/31/20 at 6:56 am to RollTide1987
My father-in-law gave me the book "Abandon Ship" about the mission, sinking, and aftermath of the Indianapolis. I read it on my first deployment onboard a Cruiser after 9/11. He was Army, i'm pretty sure he enjoyed messing with me! It's a horribly tragic story and the Navy was disgraceful in their treatment of Captain McVay and should feel horrible for his eventual suicide.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 7:11 am to TigerstuckinMS
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Robert Shaw was a goddamned treasure. A drunk treasure, but a treasure nonetheless.
He delivered one of the finest three and a half minutes of actifying that's ever been done.
Shaw played the part of a salty drunk sailor perfectly.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 7:19 am to Wally Sparks
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Quint did get the date wrong (he stated 6/29/45).
He also said that they never sent a distress signal, which wasn't true. It was just ignored.
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In the first official statement, the Navy said that distress calls "were keyed by radio operators and possibly were actually transmitted" but that "no evidence has been developed that any distress message from the ship was received by any ship, aircraft or shore station". Declassified records later showed that three stations received the signals but none acted upon the call. One commander was drunk, another had ordered his men not to disturb him, and a third thought it was a Japanese trap.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 7:20 am to RollTide1987
Greatest scene in any movie every....
Posted on 7/31/20 at 7:22 am to TigerstuckinMS
I'm not linking it, buy on Youtube there is a great video of Richard Dreyfuss being interviewed where he talks about Shaw .
Just prior to the interview, he met Shaw's Granddaughter and was very emotional.
Just prior to the interview, he met Shaw's Granddaughter and was very emotional.
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