USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage — International waters
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 waters before any rescue arrived.
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 failure, no rescue came for four days. By the time help arrived, only 316 survived — killed by exposure, dehydration and shark attacks. It remains the US Navy's greatest sea disaster.