New details: Sharks, secrets and the sinking of the USS Indianapolis

By Phil Gast, CNN

Updated 1832 GMT (0232 HKT) July 29, 2016

The USS Indianapolis, at Pearl Harbor in 1937, won 10 battle stars during World War II and delivered components of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. It was lost to a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, and about 800 men went into the sea. Only 316 survived<strong> </strong>the nearly five-day ordeal in the water.
Photos: USS Indianapolis: Lives lost and lessons learned
The USS Indianapolis, at Pearl Harbor in 1937, won 10 battle stars during World War II and delivered components of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. It was lost to a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, and about 800 men went into the sea. Only 316 survived the nearly five-day ordeal in the water.
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Crew members appear in the well deck of the USS Indianapolis. The Naval History and Heritage Command <a href="https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/disasters-and-phenomena/indianapolis.html" target="_blank">has a website</a> that consolidates information on the ship's sinking and the investigation into its whereabouts in the Pacific.
Photos: USS Indianapolis: Lives lost and lessons learned
Crew members appear in the well deck of the USS Indianapolis. The Naval History and Heritage Command has a website that consolidates information on the ship's sinking and the investigation into its whereabouts in the Pacific.
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