the survivors of the uss indianapolis were in the water for a few hours.
how long were the survivors of the uss indianapolis in the water?
a few hours
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navy command did not know of the ship's sinking until survivors were spotted in the open ocean three and a half days later. at 10:25 on 2 august, a pv-1 ventura flown by lieutenant wilbur "chuck" gwinn and his copilot, lieutenant warren colwell, as well as a pby 2 piloted by bill kitchen, spotted the men adrift while on a routine patrol flight. gwinn immediately dropped a life raft and radio transmitter. all air and surface units capable of rescue operations were dispatched to the scene at once.
uss indianapolis (ca-35)
the project "uss indianapolis: men of courage", set in july 1945, is about the navy ship and was first announced in 2011 by hannibal classics. near the end of world war ii, when the ship was returning from tinian after delivering important parts for an atomic bomb, it was torpedoed by . 1,197 people were aboard the ship, out of which only 317 survived, almost 300 sank along with the ship, and all others were killed by dehydration, exposure, salt water poisoning, or shark attacks. cam cannon and richard rionda del castro, the latter also being engaged as a producer, wrote the script for the film. the focus of the film is on the bravery of the crewmen aboard "indianapolis". on december 17, 2013, hannibal set mario van peebles to direct the film, while patriot pictures would finance and rionda del castro would produce along with michael mendelsohn. the studio (hannibal) had developed the film in five years by consulting the survivors of the disaster, including the us navy and the us coast guard. the us navy helped with the completion and finalization of the last draft of the script. walt conti of edge innovations would provide the animated sharks, and the production reportedly secured two fully operational world war ii-era planes to portray the planes that were involved in the real rescue operations after the disaster. silo inc. and hydroflex were attached to handle digital effects and underwater filming for the film, respectively. and would both be used along with the battleship memorial park to depict "indianapolis" and the japanese submarine. the film is dedicated to the men of the uss indianapolis and their families.
uss indianapolis: men of courage