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within minutes. Of the 1,016 sailors and Marines on board, approximately 400 died in the attack, and those who escaped endured five days of dehydration, exposure to fuel oil in the water, and shark attacks. By the time they were spotted by a bomber flying overhead, only 316 men were left courtesy paul allen/vulcan inc.
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The wreck site of the US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis, 1939 Indianapolis, sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the waning days of World War II, was discovered in August. Following up on research provided by the Naval History and Heritage Command, a team led by Microsoft co-founder and shipwreck explorer Paul G. Allen located the remains of USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in the Philippine Sea at a depth of 18,000 feet. The cruiser had just completed a historic mis- Tinian Island in the Western Pacific. En route10:47:40 to LeyteAM Gulf, it was struck by torsion, carrying parts of the atomic bomb6/5/12 2.25x4.5_HNSA_FleetCOL#1085.pdf that was to be dropped on Hiroshima, to pedoes from a Japanese submarine and sank
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to be rescued. (Footage of the wreck, as well as recollections from survivors, can be found at www.paulallen.com.) ... Renovations have begun on Nobska Light, the Cape Cod lighthouse on the hill in Woods Hole, MA, overlooking Martha’s Vineyard Sound. Friends of Nobska Light, the non-profit that owns the light and caretaker’s house, contracted EnviroVantage of Epping, NH, to carry out extensive rehabilitation of the structure. Funding for the project comes from grants from the Falmouth Community Preservation Fund, the Falmouth Road Race, and donations from private foundations and individuals. The current structure—a replacement of the original 1828 wooden lighthouse—was built in 1876. It is a 40-foot tall cast iron lighthouse, manufactured in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The lighthouse keepers’s quarters was built on the four-acre parcel next to the light that same year. Improvements were added to the facility over the years, including construction of a fog bell tower in 1875. By 1919, electricity had come to SEA HISTORY 161, WINTER 2017–18