Newly resurfaced survivor accounts detail the harrowing fate of the USS Indianapolis, sunk on July 30, 1945 after a Japanese submarine attack. About 900 of the 1,196 crew made it into the water, only to face days of dehydration, heat and relentless oceanic whitetip shark attacks.
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Survivor Loel Dean Cox described sailors vanishing “like lightning” as sharks struck without warning. Rescue was delayed after SOS signals went unanswered, leaving the men abandoned at sea. The incident remains the deadliest recorded shark attack and a stark reminder of wartime communication failures.
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