4 real historical locations · International waters, Northern Mariana Islands, Philippines
Nicolas Cage in a dramatisation of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in July 1945 and the four-day ordeal of survivors in shark-infested waters before accidental rescue. The Navy's deadliest single-ship loss — and the incident behind Quint's famous monologue in Jaws.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning International waters, Northern Mariana Islands, Philippines.
The 2016 film depicts the sinking of USS Indianapolis after delivering the Hiroshima bomb components — and the four days 900 sailors spent in shark-infested ...
USS Indianapolis was sunk by Japanese submarine I-58 on 30 July 1945, having just delivered the Hiroshima bomb components to Tinian. Of 1,196 crew, approximately 900 survived the sinking. Due to a communication failur...
View location →The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-58 shortly after midnight on 30 July 1945. She sinks in 12 minutes, stranding 900 men...
Only 317 of the 900 survivors were rescued after nearly five days at sea. The delay in launching rescue was due to a communication failure; the ship's loss went unnoticed for four days.
View location →The Indianapolis delivers the components of the first atomic bomb to be used in combat to North Field on Tinian, completing her secret mission before sailing...
Indianapolis delivered uranium-235 components for 'Little Boy' on 26 July 1945. The Enola Gay took off from North Field, Tinian on 6 August to bomb Hiroshima.
View location →The port the Indianapolis never reached. When she fails to arrive at Leyte on schedule, the Navy's failure to notice triggers one of the worst peacetime-equi...
The Indianapolis was sailing from Guam to Leyte when she was sunk. The rescue was initiated not by the Navy but by a PV-1 Ventura patrol plane that spotted the survivors by chance.
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