Submarines in WWII

[Hylander_1314]

Yes, but the Indianapolis was a Cruiser, and if you get a chance to read the book about the incident, there were foul ups on everyones part. Why she went down so quickly was the fault of not stopping or even reversing engines, which meant that the majority of the men went into the water instead of the lifeboats.

After all was said and done, Cmdr McVay sufferred terribly from his own persecution, let alone the Courtmartial that followed. A point that he was the only ship Capt. to be courtmartialed for losing his ship in WWII in the U.S. Navy. The reason given, was the loss of life while the men were in the water, and a need to blame someone for it happenning. Not that their mission to deliver the A-bomb was very secret, and the fact that they weren't reported overdue in a timely manner since they were on their way to the Phillipines afterwards, and that those waters were inhabited by very large Tigersharks, which are known man-eaters.