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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA&M Researchers Find SubNews Longview News -Journal • Mon, Jun 14, 2004 • Page 6 hftps://www.newspapers.com/image/208718378 A&Nl reseal•chers find sub that sank LSS Indianapolis STATION (All) YA", TeVas A&M Unicersitv - warch►ors have found the %%-►eckage of a fl*4,t of .lapariese ,ubnrartnes that terrorized U.S. ships throughout world War 11, i m lading the one that sank the I'SS Indianapolis. ()niv :316 of tilt, ►.1%. men on the Indiariapolis survivi-d the suiking and shark-infi-Med waters after the ship was togw d►►ed ui ,lul\ 144,5. it was Ameri ca's worst %arum►- 1►►ss at via The Na%\ used to sink that Japane,4, subinarive and 2;1 other,, in April 1416 to pre\+-nt the firmer S+,viet Union froin taking a4vantage of the technological equipment ihe%, c,►ntained. The location of the wreckage was classifivd for rivari %is det-atles lisms; nuw de6ass►tied Naval d►x-tinients and underwater technolovi —. 'rexa% A&M ,K-t�an ograptiv professor Witham Bra ant and );raduale suldent Breit Phaneuf fOund the suhniarinvs ►il rules 441, the coast (it, Napa:iki About three woeks agi) they nuHl a robotic vehicle to take pictin•es►►ftile wr".kage. which lies 675 feet below the water's surface. It is among the largest collections of sunken subma- rines in the world, Brvant said. ..It's sort of an underwater museum of Japanese subma rives." Phaneuf said in Sun day's edition of the Bryan College Station Eagle. "It s a time capsule down on the sea floor " The pair's efforts halve boon funded by the Disc r very than nel, which plans to air a sl►--cial on the project in the fall At the timi. -if its sinking. the USS Indianapolis was hea(kgi from Guam to the Philippint-, after delivering to the Pacifi( island of Tinian thu uramwn 23r, and other ct►mponents of the at►►mic fix►mb later dropptA on Hiroshima Alxnit '99) of the s+i}ors du �l in the explosion +nd ,,mking The remaining !*$) m(,n wert, left with no lifrztx)ats and little food or water for almost fkv days in the Philippine Sea, fa ing the addtA horror of %hark attacks. By the tune the sumivor,, were spotted, only 316 men wer► ahce. Printed on Mar 19, 2019 Copyright © 2019 Newspapers.com. All Rights Reserved. Mews