: Shortly after delivering its cargo, the ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, the I-58 , in the Philippine Sea on July 30, 1945.
: The film covers the controversial court-martial of Captain McVay, who was blamed for the ship's loss—the only captain in the U.S. Navy to be so for a combat-related sinking. He was posthumously exonerated in 2000. Movie Details Cast : Featured Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore , and Thomas Jane. USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
: They were spotted by chance by a routine patrol plane. Only 316 men survived the ordeal. : Shortly after delivering its cargo, the ship
: Of the 1,196 men on board, roughly 900 made it into the water. They remained stranded for five days in shark-infested waters without food or fresh water, suffering from exposure and dehydration. He was posthumously exonerated in 2000
(2016) is a war disaster film that dramatizes the tragic true story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the closing stages of World War II. Directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Nicolas Cage as Captain Charles McVay, the movie follows the crew after they complete a secret mission to deliver components of the atomic bomb, Little Boy, to Tinian Island. The Plot and History