by Lynn Vincent
Vietnam War, 405, 407
Wainwright, Jonathan, 101
Waldron, Joseph J., 115
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 117–18, 120–21, 311, 346–47
McVay’s court-martial and, 346–47, 366
War Department, U.S., 49, 337, 361
see also Defense Department, U.S.
Warner, John, 402–3
Hashimoto’s letter to, 435–36
McVay’s court-martial and, 432, 435–36
McVay’s exoneration and, 407–8, 410, 416, 419–23, 425, 431–32, 435–36
marriages of, 419–20
Whiting, Francis, 310
Wilcox, Lindsey, 194
Wilder, Kinau, 54
Wild Hunter, SS, 125–26, 129–30, 139, 316, 365–66, 370–72
Witzig, Robert, 153
Woods, Leonard T., 429
abandoning Indianapolis and, 173
distress signal and, 158, 165, 167, 173, 280, 429–30
leadership and, 138–39
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 156–58, 165, 167
Woolston, John, 55, 316
abandoning Indianapolis and, 170, 355
atomic bomb transport mission and, 110–12, 307–8
discovering Indianapolis’s wreckage and, 447
Woolston, John (cont.)
hospitalization of, 307–8
Indianapolis’s refresher training and, 147
Indianapolis supplementary investigation and, 330
injuries of, 158
McVay’s court-martial and, 355, 358
McVay’s introduction to, 62–63
in the ocean, 170, 192, 198, 237–38, 241–42, 262, 447
repairing Indianapolis and, 64
rescue of, 262, 265–66
return home of, 390
sharks and, 241–42
torpedoing Indianapolis and, 150, 158–59
and violence among survivors, 238
World War I, 27, 52, 71, 121, 329, 379
World War II:
casualties in, 2, 6, 10, 14, 21–22, 34–39, 57, 59, 72, 99–100, 104, 106–8, 113, 122–23, 148–49, 152, 154–55, 160, 167, 171, 174–75, 180, 185, 188–90, 194, 197–98, 201–3, 207, 210–12, 215–16, 218–22, 224–25, 227, 229–31, 236–39, 241, 243, 250, 257–58, 265–66, 269, 273, 278, 284, 292, 298, 300, 304–7, 309, 312–14, 319, 323, 326–29, 334, 337–38, 341, 345, 354–55, 358–60, 369, 378–81, 388–89, 391–92, 400–401, 404–5, 411, 414, 420–21, 436, 438, 446
end of, 2, 9, 16, 50, 55–56, 61, 72, 82, 89, 122, 126–27, 201, 220, 298, 305, 307–8, 312, 318, 320, 328, 336, 338, 379
peace negotiations in, 41, 46
prisoners in, 101, 360
start of, 56, 116
victory in Europe in, 55–56, 89, 127, 298
victory in Japan in, 328, 338, 379
Worthington, Sam, 248–49, 252
Wren, L. Peter, 274–77
Yalta conference, 336
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 23–24
Yamato, 10–11, 12, 46
Yokoi, Toshiyuki, 24–25
Yokosuka, 83, 85, 103, 107
Yorktown, USS, 5, 10
Young, Clair B., 428–29
PHOTO CREDITS AND INFORMATION
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USS Indianapolis (CA 35) bow during launching at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. November 7, 1931. (U.S. Navy photo/Released) NH 0403592.
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President Roosevelt receives the salute of the Argentine Navy while standing beneath the eight-inch guns of USS Indianapolis (CA-35), during his Good Neighbor cruise to South America, November 29, 1936. (Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, collection of Rear Admiral Paul H. Bastedo) NH 68113.
Passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, circa 1938. (Collection of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph) NH 81893.
Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Admiral Ernest J. King, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, and Brigadier General Sanderford Jarman. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
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Cooks and bakers on liberty. (Courtesy of Salvador Maldonado)
Officers share a moment of laughter in the wardroom. (USNI Photo. Alfred J. Sedivi Collection)
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Marine survivors of the Indianapolis. (Photo courtesy of Edgar Harrell)
Sailors on liberty. (Photo courtesy of Glenn Morgan)
Adolfo Celaya on Guam. (Photo Courtesy of Adolfo Celaya)
Stewards serving as a gun crew on USS Indianapolis, July 1942. (U.S. Navy photo/Released) National Archives Photo #80-G-21743.
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CDR Stanley Lipski. (Courtesy of the Lipski family)
LT (jg) Charles McKissick. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
LT Richard Redmayne. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
Officers aboard Indianapolis. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
CWO Leonard Woods. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
ENS John Woolston. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
Capt. Edwin Parke. (Photo courtesy of MCRD, San Diego. U.S. Marine Corps)
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Japanese plane shot down near USS Essex. (USNI Photo. Alfred J. Sedivi Collection)
Earl Procai’s obituary. (Courtesy of Elko Perchyshyn, nephew of Earl Procai)
Spruance visits a wounded sailor in sick bay. (USNI Photo. Alfred J. Sedivi Collection)
Funeral for men who were killed in kamikaze attack. (USNI Photo. Alfred J. Sedivi Collection)
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Jimmy and Mary O’Donnell. (Photo courtesy of Mary O’Donnell)
Dick Thelen with his father. (Photo courtesy of the Thelen family)
Earl and Jane Henry. (Photo courtesy of Earl Henry, Jr.)
Harlan and Alice Twible. (Photo courtesy of Harlan Twible)
Kasey and Mary Moore. (Photo courtesy of Teresa Goldston Brown)
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Van Kirk, Tibbets, and Ferebee. Members of the Enola Gay crew taken August 6, 1945. (U.S. Military/D.O.D.)
Manhattan Engineering District group photo. (Atomic Heritage Foundation) This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the U.S. Code.
Robert Furman. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the U.S. Code.
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Japanese Submarine I-58. (U.S. Navy photo/Released) National Archives #80-G-260244.
Hashimoto aboard I-58. (Courtesy of the Hashimoto family)
Young Hashimoto with family. (Courtesy of the Hashimoto family)
ULTRA intercept message. (National Archives. Declassified) NND 957001.
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Rescue Pilot Chuck Gwinn. (Photo courtesy of the Gwinn Family)
Rescue Pilot Adrian Marks. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Hart of the Clinton County Historical Society)
Claytor & Doyle crew. (Steve Smith, a cousin of W. Graham Claytor’s, via findagrave.com)
Rescuer Bill Van Wilpe—Courtesy of William Van Wilpe. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
Troy Nunley and Joseph Van Meter on rolled-up floater net. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
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Base Hospital #20, Peleliu. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
Nurse Eva Jane Bolents treats survivor Vincent Allard. (Courtesy of Eva Jane Bolents)
Purple Heart presentation. (U.S. Navy photo/Released) National Archives #80-G-490311.
Survivors Bernard Bateman, A.C. King, and Erick Anderson, recovering at Peleliu. (U.S. Navy photo/Released) National Archives #80-G-336799.
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Hirohito with his war council. The only known rendering of this event was included in the 1968 book Ja
pan’s Longest Day. The book, a detailed reconstruction of the tense hours preceding the surrender announcement of Emperor Hirohito, is based on material gathered by the Pacific War Research Society, a panel of distinguished Japanese authors and journalists. Authors Vincent and Vladic thoroughly investigated the source of this photograph, finding that the publisher, Kodansha USA, and Pacific War Research Society have since dissolved. The photo comes from page 191 in the 1990 paperback edition.
Ugaki before his final flight, August 1945. Public domain in the United States because copyright in Japan expired by 1970.
Japanese forces surrender in the Philippines. (U.S. Navy photo/Released) NH 97276.
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Hashimoto draws maps at court-martial. (Getty Images)
McVay during his court-martial. (Getty Images)
Survivor witnesses at McVay’s court-martial. Left to right, called as witnesses for McVay’s court-martial: (seated) Lieutenant (jg) Charles McKissick, McKinney, TX; Warrant Gunner Durward Horner, Vallejo, CA; Ensign Harlan Twible, Gilbertsville, MA; Ensign Ross Rogers, Jr., Paris, TN; Warrant Machinist Harley Hanson, Bronx, NY. Standing, left to right: Ensign John Howison, New Albany, IN; Ensign John Woolston, Needham, MA; Radioman Second Class Elwyn Sturtevant, Los Angeles, CA; and Seaman Loren McHenry, Jr., Fall River, MO. (Getty Images)
Thomas Ryan, the Navy judge advocate. (U.S. Navy photo/Released) NH 46075.
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz pose together at the Navy Department, Washington, D.C., on November 21, 1945, as it was announced that Fleet Admiral Nimitz would succeed Fleet Admiral King as Chief of Naval Operations. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
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McVay shakes hands at the 1960 reunion. (Photo courtesy of Edgar Harrell)
McVay with his wife, Louise, at the 1960 reunion. (Photo courtesy of Edgar Harrell)
Indy’s “5th Division” at the 1960 reunion. (Photo courtesy of survivor Felton J. Outland’s family)
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Senator John Warner. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the U.S. Code.
Senator Bob Smith. (Getty Images)
Hunter Scott speaking during the exoneration efforts. (Photo courtesy of Hunter Scott)
Admiral Don Pilling. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
Captain William J. Toti. (Photo courtesy of William Toti)
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Indianapolis survivors at the deactivation ceremony of SSN-697. (Photo courtesy of William Toti). In order to name all the survivors pictured, an extensive search was made by author Sara Vladic, inquiring with family members, posting photos across social media platforms, and speaking with those who attended. All but one man was named. If you know the name of the unidentified man pictured first on the left, please contact the survivors organization at www.ussindianapolis.com.
Mochitsura Hashimoto as a Shinto priest. (Photo courtesy of Atsuko Iida, granddaughter of Hashimoto)
Jason Witty spreads his grandfather’s ashes in the Pacific. (Photo courtesy of Jason Witty)
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Photos from the 2005 reunion were taken by Natalie Hankins and Sara Vladic as part of the documentary project USS Indianapolis: The Legacy. 2016.
Art Leenerman and Earl Riggins with the survivors’ book. (Reproduced by permission of the News-Gazette, Inc. Permission does not imply endorsement). Publication date 2/27/2011.
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5" gun—In remarkable condition after more than seventy years underwater, one of Indy’s starboard side 5"/25 caliber AA guns is lit by the R/V Petrel’s ROV. Even the rifling inside the barrel is still visible. The crew of the R/V Petrel discovered the wreckage of the USS Indianapolis 5,500 meters below the surface of the Philippine Sea on August 19, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Paul G. Allen)
Maps & Diagrams
Map data was compiled and analyzed by Ben Huntley, allowing the authors to show a bigger picture of the events that transpired during the final days in the water and during rescue efforts. Ben was also largely responsible for the ship’s diagram and labeling, helping the authors understand the engineering and structural aspects of the ship’s design.
Japanese Home Islands (Map)
Profile photos on this map are public domain in the United States because their copyright in Japan expired by 1970.
Philippine Sea Commands (Map)
Profile photos on this map have been released by the U.S. Navy for public use.
This military insignia are public domain in the United States because they contains materials that originally came from a United States Armed Forces badge or logo.
Sketch by I-58 Captain Mochitsura Hashimoto
Battle diagram of I-58 Submarine 20th Year (Showa) July 29. The diagram shows magnetic north, and then depicts the location of the moon to the east. The scale in the corner is in meters (the scale is 50,000 to 1). The submarine appears to be heading 190 at time 2305 on July 29 when it spots the ship at approximately 10,000 meters off its starboard side. Apparent course and speed of the target is 260 at 11 knots. The submarine maneuvers into position 1500 meters off the starboard beam, where it takes six shots at time 2332. The dotted line is the apparent location of where the ship was sunk. The submarine performed a starboard, then port, then starboard turn before settling out on course 045 at approximately 0030 on July 30. (Source: Naval History and Heritage Command)
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