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Worst Navy Disaster at Sea Led to Safety Changes

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July 29, 2025 | By David Vergun

Eighty years ago on July 30, 1945, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine, resulting in the deaths of 880 sailors and Marines, making it the Navy's worst disaster at sea. 

 

In late March 1945, the Indianapolis was participating in the pre-invasion bombardment of Okinawa, Japan. During that time, U.S. ships were repeatedly attacked by kamikaze aircraft. 

The Indianapolis shot down six of them, but one managed to drop a bomb on the ship. The damage was enough for the vessel to steam to Mare Island Naval Shipyard in San Francisco for repair. 

 

Following repairs, the skipper, Navy Capt. Charles Butler McVay III received orders to undertake a top-secret mission to Tinian Island, delivering parts for an atomic bomb that would be dropped on Japan. The assignment was so secret that McVay was not informed of the contents of the cargo container, only that speed was of the essence. 

The ship set sail July 16, 1945, and delivered the cargo to Tinian 10 days later. That atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 1945. 

After delivering the weapon, the ship set sail for the Micronesian island of Guam and on July 28, 1945, began sailing to Leyte in the Philippines, where the crew was slated to receive combat training for the invasion of the Japanese mainland. 

A few minutes after midnight on July 30, 1945, in the Philippine Sea, the Indianapolis was struck by two torpedoes from a cruiser submarine, skippered by Japanese Cmdr. Mochitsura Hashimoto. Within minutes, the ship sank and about 300 sailors lost their lives. Many more would perish in the coming days. 

No distress call was transmitted because one of the torpedoes knocked out power and radios in the control room. 

The Navy was unaware of the ship's sinking until days later, when an Army Air Forces PV-1 Ventura spotted survivors in the ocean. By that time, hundreds had died of wounds from the torpedo strikes, while others died from shark attacks or dehydration. 

Only 316, including McVay, survived and were rescued by ship. The last survivor was pulled from the water in the afternoon of Aug. 3, 1945.

 

In December 1945, McVay was brought up on charges and convicted of negligence for hazarding his ship by not zigzagging. 

Hashimoto was called to testify at the court-martial, which was held in the Washington Navy Yard. The submarine commander, who was flown in from Japan, said even if the ship had zigzagged, he would have been able to account for the maneuver and still sink the ship. 

Although McVay was convicted, his sentence was remitted because of his many years of outstanding service. McVay retired as a rear admiral in 1949, but those who knew him said he was despondent over the loss of so many of his men. In 1968, he took his own life. 

In later years, Hashimoto, who became a Shinto priest, met with many of the Indianapolis survivors, each of whom forgave him.  

Hashimoto also volunteered his support to the survivors in their efforts to clear McVay's name. Hashimoto died Oct. 25, 2000. 

Many survivors of the sinking, as well as those who disembarked in Hawaii, Tinian and Guam, experienced survivor's guilt. 

 

"My uncle Bruce Neibaur was on that cruiser until it stopped in Hawaii, while en route to Tinian to deliver the bomb," Marine veteran O. Paul Mortensen said. "But he was one of about 17 sailors who got other orders and got off. Until the day he died, he suffered survivor's guilt." 

Richard A. Hulver, who was the lead historian on the USS Indianapolis Project at the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington, discussed the tragedy and lessons learned at the Pentagon, July 17, 2025: 

  • The discretion for zigzagging given to captains in the Pacific Ocean was taken away, and all combatant ships were directed to zigzag at all times. 
  • All vessels carrying more than 500 men were to be escorted. The Indianapolis did not have an escort vessel. 
  • McVay successfully advocated for life-saving improvements, including parachute flares, a pocket containing freshwater in life preservers and changing the dull-colored paint schemes on life rafts to bright yellow. 
  • Knowledge of the ship not reaching Luzon was not relayed up the chain of command, so more rigid movement reporting procedures were put in place. 

"Actions of captain and crew of Indianapolis throughout their ordeal and in the aftermath stand as exemplars of the highest traditions and honor of the United States Navy," Hulver said. 

In 2016, Hulver conducted research that led to a new search for the USS Indianapolis. He identified a naval landing craft that had recorded a sighting of the ship hours before it was torpedoed. By combining tracking movements of both ships, the approximate location was discovered. 

The wreck was located, Aug. 19, 2017, by the expedition crew of research vessel Petrel, 5,500 meters below the surface. 

The Indianapolis also lives on in popular culture. 

In the 1975 movie "Jaws," Quint, played by actor Robert Shaw, is a survivor of the Indianapolis and recounts the sinking and shark attacks. 

 

The ship is also the subject of the 1991 TV film "Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis," starring Stacy Keach, and the 2016 film "USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage," starring Nicolas Cage, is based on the sinking.   

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Army Chaplains Mark 250 Years of Ministering to Soldiers

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July 29, 2025 | By C. Todd Lopez

The Army recently celebrated its 250th birthday — two and a half centuries of defending the nation since standing up, June 14, 1775. Not long after, on July 29, 1775, the Army Chaplain Corps was established to provide ministerial support to those soldiers. 

 

"The members of today's Army Chaplain Corps are sustaining and enriching a sacred legacy, which our predecessors began building even before our nation was founded in 1776," said Army Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) William Green Jr., the 26th Army chief of chaplains. "Gen. George Washington requested that chaplains be added to the Army to meet soldiers' religious and spiritual needs, and to support good morals and morale." 

At the request of Washington, the Continental Congress authorized one chaplain for each regular regiment of the Continental Army, Green said, adding that many of the militia regiments that served alongside those in the Continental Army also had chaplains. 

Today, he said, the role of the Army Chaplain Corps remains as important as it was 250 years ago. The Chaplain Corps has evolved to include more than 3,000 chaplains, nearly 3,000 religious affairs specialists, more than 500 chaplain candidates and more than 50 directors of religious education across the regular Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard. They continue to provide important religious support and advice on spiritual matters to soldiers of all ranks. 

 

"Our U.S. Army Chaplain Corps is the most multifaceted and capable chaplaincy in history, and we will remain so, to support our Army's preparations to win during multidomain and large-scale combat operations in the years ahead," Green said. "Our corps is a unique branch of the total Army that remains a necessary, critical contributor to our nation's success on the battlefields of the future, just as it was on the battlefields during our nation's war for independence." 

Army Chaplain (Capt.) Bryce A. Wiltermood, an Army chaplain assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, didn't start out as an Army chaplain. Back in 2005, he enlisted in the Army as an indirect fire infantryman serving in the 75th Ranger Regiment and the 101st Airborne Division. 

"It was a four-year enlistment," he said. "In those four years, I spent 18 months in combat zones as a mortarman. I went to Iraq ... multiple deployments, but a total of 18 months." 

 

Following his initial enlistment, Wiltermood left the regular Army, transferred into the Army Reserve and completed a degree in psychology. But by that time, he said, he was thinking about donning the uniform again. 

"I knew I wanted to continue serving, but I wanted to serve, I guess, in a different aspect," he said. "If I had to pinpoint it, it was from just really good chaplains that made a big impact on me. And so, after prayer and talking with my wife about it, this was a calling that I just pursued, kind of toward the end of getting my bachelor's degree ... went from there and got my master's in divinity." 

After completing his master's degree, Wiltermood reenlisted in 2016 as an Army chaplain. He is back on the front lines, this time without a weapon but instead ministering to the soldiers who do the fighting. 

"I've had a few more deployments," he said. "I went into combat zones in Iraq, Syria and Jordan. The chaplain is there to provide for this free exercise of religion for the troops, but also to advise commanders. Some key responsibilities or roles for chaplains include conducting religious support, spiritual or emotional care to the troops ... advisement is a big one, crisis response, casualty care, taking casualties, and just general resilience and readiness to ... soldiers. spiritual fitness events or counseling or helping to prevent suicide ... the chaplain is a commander's tool to help ready the force." 

The best chaplains seek out soldiers, Wiltermood said; they don't wait for soldiers to come to them. 

 

"I think the chaplain should be out there and provide opportunities ... whether on a patrol or gate guard, the shooting range, or PT in the morning," he said. "Wherever soldiers are, the chaplain should be there building relationships of trust." 

Wiltermood said he plans to stay in the Army for as long as he can and continue to serve soldiers wherever the Army sends him. 

"I think ... after 20 years of Army service, I kind of see ... a little bit of myself in each ," he said. "I think what everybody needs is ... a nonjudgmental, listening ear, someone who shows up, someone who's willing to listen and to just be a calming presence and a reminder of the holy." 

While serving soldiers, Wiltermood is helping troops stay strong and contributing toward the Army's spiritual support of soldiers, which has been happening since before the United States became a country. 

"One of the best things about this country is the ability for people to practice according to the dictates of their own conscience," he said. "And the chaplain, no matter what faith or nonfaith, is there to perform or provide." 

 

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