The heavy Croiseur US Indianapolis (CA-35) first of the name was commissioned in 1932 and is famous for the circumstances of sound Naufrage, which was most fatal of the history of the marine soldier American.

After having delivered the first atomic bomb on the air base of the island of Tinian the July 26th 1945, it sets out again at once discharged but, in order to keep the secret voyage, it takes a road far from the usual courses and does not have any escort. Indianapolis is torpedoed twice the July 30th by the Japanese submarine I-58, three hundred sailors out of 1.196 perish during the attack. US Navy spends several days to realize shipwreck. The reports/ratios mention that the sharks attack the shipwrecked men harms and day during several days, on the 900 survivors of the shipwreck alone 316 are saved.