American cruiser Indianapolis, who died in 1945, was found after 72 years

American cruiser Indianapolis was found after 72 years. According to the website of the naval institute, U.S. Navy, in the course of search operation under the leadership of paul allen, were found the remains of a shipwreck, which became one of the last major defeats of the americans during the second world war, reports "Warspot"In the night from 29 to 30 july 1945, the american heavy cruiser Indianapolis was from guam to the philippines after successful completion of a secret mission for the delivery of enriched uranium and details of the atomic bomb "Little boy", which was later dropped on hiroshima. Shortly before midnight, the cruiser was discovered by Japanese submarine i-58, the submarine crew identified the ship as a battleship.

Indianapolis had no sonar or hydrophones and went without an escort of destroyers, so i-58 with no problems fired six torpedoes. At 00:14 on 30 july, the us cruiser was struck by two torpedoes caught in the bow, and in 12 minutes went to the bottom. Cruiser Indianapolisнесмотря that radio operators "Indianapolis" managed to transmit a distress signal, help the survivors after the Japanese attack sailors had to wait almost four days. Of the 1196 people on board the cruiser july 30, about 300 drowned right along with the ship. Most of the remaining on the surface of the seamen, without waiting for help, died.

During the rescue operation, which lasted until 8 august, managed to save only 321 people, four of whom soon died. The remains of the ship on the bottom of the philippine malapascua operation organized in 2016, billionaire and philanthropist paul allen, one of the founders of microsoft, last weekend was a success. The wreck was discovered at a depth of about 5. 3 km in the philippine sea. Special drones took a few pictures, which allowed the identification of Indianapolis. Search team gave the coordinates of the finds of the us navy, as the wreck is considered a war grave and remains the property of the U.S. Navy.

The public the exact location of the discovery will cease to be sent. The team of paul allen continues the search for the wreckage of the cruiser. It is known that to date, survived 22 crew members Indianapolis, and today the military command is planning to inform them, and also the families of the dead sailors on the status of the wreck of a military burial.