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From: FQV@PSUVM.PSU.EDU (jim bowers)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: USS Indianapolis
Message-ID: <1990Sep2.060957.3192@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 2 Sep 90 06:09:57 GMT
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From: jim bowers <FQV@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
In article <1990Aug29.014602.7783@cbnews.att.com>, G_AHRENDT@VAXA.CC.UWA.OZ.AU
(Gunter Ahrendt) says:
>
>From: G_AHRENDT@VAXA.CC.UWA.OZ.AU (Gunter Ahrendt)
>>powerful US ships.)  Even the submarine threat was discounted (prematurely;
>>Lt. Cmdr. Hashimoto was able to sink USS Indianapolis in August.
>Nonetheless,
>
>I read this was the 29-JUL-1945. Is it true that no rescue was mounted for the
>survivors due to the vessel being on a 'secret' mission?

I read a very interesting book that hypothosized about this.  The scenereo
was:    the Russians new from thier intelligence that the bomb was on
        the Indianapolis.  They alerted the Japanese to sink the
        Indianapolis because they did not want a premature end to
        the pacific war.  The Russians did not know the bombs
        destination (they assumed the Phillipians).  Several
        overzealous army intelligence folks were on board who
        cut the Indianapolis's radio antennas after the bomb
        was delivered because radio silence was no longer an
        order and they wanted it continued.  Ship torpedoed.
        No way to send distress message.