461 sailors survived the sinking of the uss indianapolis.
461 sailors survived the sinking of the uss indianapolis.
how many sailors survived the sinking of the uss indianapolis?
461
the project "uss indianapolis: men of courage", set in july 1945, is about the navy ship and was first announced in 2011 by hannibal classics. near the end of world war ii, when the ship was returning from tinian after delivering important parts for an atomic bomb, it was torpedoed by . 1,197 people were aboard the ship, out of which only 317 survived, almost 300 sank along with the ship, and all others were killed by dehydration, exposure, salt water poisoning, or shark attacks. cam cannon and richard rionda del castro, the latter also being engaged as a producer, wrote the script for the film. the focus of the film is on the bravery of the crewmen aboard "indianapolis". on december 17, 2013, hannibal set mario van peebles to direct the film, while patriot pictures would finance and rionda del castro would produce along with michael mendelsohn. the studio (hannibal) had developed the film in five years by consulting the survivors of the disaster, including the us navy and the us coast guard. the us navy helped with the completion and finalization of the last draft of the script. walt conti of edge innovations would provide the animated sharks, and the production reportedly secured two fully operational world war ii-era planes to portray the planes that were involved in the real rescue operations after the disaster. silo inc. and hydroflex were attached to handle digital effects and underwater filming for the film, respectively. and would both be used along with the battleship memorial park to depict "indianapolis" and the japanese submarine. the film is dedicated to the men of the uss indianapolis and their families.
uss indianapolis: men of courage
the incident itself was the subject of a made-for-television movie "mission of the shark: the saga of the uss indianapolis" (1991), with stacy keach portraying captain charles butler mcvay iii.









































meg: hell's aquarium is a 2009 science fiction novel by author steve alten. in the novel david finds the sunken indianapolis.









































sara vladic directed "uss indianapolis: the legacy", which tells the fate of uss "indianapolis" using exclusively first-person accounts from the survivors of the sinking. the film was released in december 2015.









































"", starring nicolas cage, was released in october 2016, with mario van peebles directing.









































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