Questions About In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors

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Fred I spent 36 years in commercial nuclear power generation. A basic concept for safety used throughout the industry is "defense in depth." When the decis…moreI spent 36 years in commercial nuclear power generation. A basic concept for safety used throughout the industry is "defense in depth." When the decision was made not to provide the Indy with an escort, compensatory measures should have been implemented to ensure that communication was maintained with the ship AND that there was a heightened alertness toward its expected time of arrival. The actual sinking was probably unavoidable. The book makes it sound like the Japanese sub essentially came across the Indy in a stroke of luck. But the fact that it took so long to discover the sinking and respond was due to recklessness bordering on negligence. Inexcusable that the post-tragedy inquest focused more on the sinking of a ship, as an act of war, than on the details of the botched communications that led to the delay in response.(less)

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I had the opportunity to buy one of survivors a cup of coffee. Geez Louise. Someone needed to?

S. Daisy That's fascinating! :-) …moreThat's fascinating! :-) (less)

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