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The USS Indianapolis began its story in the warm summer breeze of July 1945 During that time the heavy cruiser was having crucial repairs in San Francisco Bay Under the command of Captain Charles Butler McVay the III The battleship had sustained damage from a Japanese Kamikaze near Okinawa in March 31st the bomber had killed 9 people in the stern of the ship Before coming home Unexpectedly McVay had been given orders in July to immediately assemble his crew and prepare to sail to a island near the Japanese mainland On board the USS Indianapolis was a top secret cargo The parts for the atomic bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki later that summer Codenamed the Manhattan project Neither McVay and his crew knew the importance of the cargo they have escorted they only knew that their mission was top secret the battleship had its own guards in the marine core that only job was to protect the secret cargo and two Army officers whose job specialization was secret weapons On July 26 1945 the ship delivered its mysterious cargo to Tinian a island near the Japanese mainland In just 6 hours the USS Indianapolis was on its way to Back the port of Guam and then set sail to the Philippines
