The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Atomic Bomb: The Price Paid For Liberty

Features interviews with four survivors of the USS Indianapolis, the ship that carried the atomic bomb to Tinian Island, eventually to be dropped on Hiroshima.  On the Indy's return trip to the Philippines, she was hit by two torpedoes from Japanese submarine and sunk in 12 minutes.  Due to communication fouls ups, no one knows the ship is lost at sea.  After 4 days in the ocean, the crew of the Indianapolis was discovered by accident and a rescue begun. Of the 1195 men aboard ship, only 316 men would survive.  879 men would die in the water. It's the worst sea disaster in U. S. Naval history.