Navegación e historia de la ciencia: USS Indianápolis o la supervivencia en la mar

Abstract

On August 14, 1945, President Truman announced on the radio that Japan had accepted the terms of the  surrender. World War II ended. That same afternoon the American public learned of the tragedy of the USS Indianapolis ship. The cruiser had transported the raw material to make the atomic bomb that would fall on  Hiroshima, under orders of a secret mission. She was torpedoed and sunk, after fulfilling her mission  successfully, on July 30 of that year. Many of the crew died at the time of the tragedy. Those who survived, faced a hell of cold, heat, hunger, thirst, sharks and alienation. Years later, the Captain would end his life committing suicide.