On July 26, 1945 USS Indianapolis anchored 1,000 yards off Tinian and unloaded the radioactive parts of the A-bombs. Next the Indianapolis stopped at Guam, then departed for the Philippines, but was hit by two torpedoes by Japanese submarine I58 and sank on July 30, 1945. Indianapolis survivors were found in the ocean three and a half days later.Marks, R. Adrian (April 1981). "America Was Well Represented".
