Where did the USS Indianapolis sink?

Answer 1

At 14 minutes past midnight, on 30 July 1945, midway between Guam and Leyte Gulf, she was hit by two torpedoes out of six fired by the I-58, a Japanese submarine. Source: http://www.ussindianapolis.org/story.htm Link: http://www.ussindianapolis-survivors.org/story.html

Answer 2

first answer: Her resting place is in 3,000 feet of water approximately 540 miles east of Pearl Harbor.

second answer: The US battleship, USS Oklahoma sank twice. First at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. She was later righted & refloated at Pearl Harbor, but never repaired and placed back into service. Later, after the war, she sank (without a crew) at sea while being towed to the US West Coast for salvage.

Answer 3

The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed during the war by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58. The ship sank in 12 minutes and out of the 1,196 crewmen who were on the ship, it is estimated that at least 300 died.

Answer 4

Mochitsura Hashimoto, was captain of the Japanese submarine I-58 that sank the American SS Indianapolis. I-58 surrendered in September 1945, and was sunk as a target by the American navy on the 1st April 1946.