USS Indianapolis: The Final Chapter

PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Monday, May 27, at 2 PM

In July 1945, the USS Indianapolis had just delivered “Little Boy,” the atomic bomb destined for Hiroshima, when a Japanese sub sank it. Three hundred sailors went down with the ship, and the 900 survivors drifted for 3 1/2 days, battling sun, thirst, sharks and their own fears. Ultimately, only 316 of them were pulled from the sea alive. The sinking of the ship remains the U.S. Navy’s worst single loss of life at sea.