18.08.2017 - Nález vraku USS Indianapolis

The civilných výskumníkov led spoluzakladateľom company Microsoft Paul Allenom spent hľadaním wreck ships USS Indianapolis in the territory with an area of 1500 štvorcových kilometrov niekoľko mesiacov.
Ship prevážala in júli 1945 part of the atómovej bombs on the island of Tinian. After the fulfillment of the role of the ju on spiatočnej way zasiahli two zo šiestich vystrelených torpedoes from the japanese submarine I-58. Keďže bol krížnik on an undercover mission, nikto him nehľadal and it took štyri dni, who found prežitých námorníkov. From viac ako 800 zachránených členov crew alive flax 316. The rest died on the dehydratáciu, vyčerpanie and in dôsledku attack žralokov.
Velenie the US NAVY in 1945 decided, that for utajeniu will be at the pool, the USS Indianapolis with the components atómovej bombs osamotene and nie vo zväze. On nemožnosť defense before the u-boats warned the captain of the ships of the USS Indianapolis, Charles Butler McVay III. After the delivery of komponentov on the island of Tinian sa kpt. McVay III opäť demanded sprievodných ships, well didn't get ich, and sailing his ships opäť zostala in režime utajenia. Already during the way to Tinian, however, bola USS Indianapolis zistená the japanese submarine I-58 (veliteľ Mochitsura Hašimoto), the sa, however, missed out to get into the palebnej pozície from dôvodu priamej cruise ships without križovania. After the intervention torpédami the ship sent the SOS signal, but bol but ignored from dôvodu, that in danom sector sa nemala nachádzať that an american ship.
After the end of the war captain. Charles B McVay III bol odsúdený for spôsob cruises. Neskôr rozsudok set aside tajomník James Forrestal. In 1949 odišiel retired and 30.11.1968 committed suicide.
Doteraz we don't know any idea as to the last chvíľach krížnika našiel historian of the american navy ... in the year 2016. In piatok 18.08.2017 sa by výskumníkov finally received a success, the wreck of the lode objavili on the bottom of the ocean in hĺbke 5.5 km. Allen to summon the internet site uviedol, that námorníctvo him požiadalo to the exact miesto, kde sa wreck nachádza, kept in secret.
American námorníctvo uviedlo that it plans to vzdať hold 22 doteraz žijúcim príslušníkom crew what potopenie krížnika survived, spoločne with the in-laws členov the ship's crew.

Source:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._McVay_III.
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