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SYMHC Classics: Unearthed! USS Indianapolis

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Indianapolis Wreck

In 20 16, the naval history and heritage command decided to review the case of the indianapolis. This review uncovered a memorial day blog post john murdock did about his father, francis g. Murdock. Historians followed the bread crumb from francis g murdick to the l s t's log. They used this data with an oral history from captain charles b. Mc vay which he mentioned communicating with an l s t in the hours before the torpedo attack. And they figured out a more precise location for where the ship had probably gone down.

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