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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro
time for a movie about this tragic event. I think it took years before the captain was exonerated.
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Originally Posted by bracer
There is a movie called USS Indianapolis, with Nicolas Cage, not one that I would recommend though.
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There was a TV movie called
Mission of the Shark, with Stacy Keach and Richard Thomas. Low budget, and I had a few technical complaints, but overall it wasn't bad. It also includes the Captain's court martial.
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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro
I also remember something about the USS Batfish SS 310 sinking three Japanese subs and one of them was the sub that sank the Indianapolis. I think ... 
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The Japanese captain who torpedoed Indianapolis spoke at Captain McVay's trial, so his boat wasn't sunk.