What is known as the "worst shark attack in history"?
Correct answer: The sinking of the USS Indianapolis
Dark Jedi
This is the same USS Indianapolis and shark attack that Quint talks about in Jaws.
Player #15121014
Today people criticize old have d for bombing Japan, but people know little of history. Japan was losing the war, refused to surrender. Had he not stopped Japan, more US. military would have died.
purple621
what a horrible way to die
Player Geriatric Pun
i as god is my witness met a survivor of the Indianapolis in hemet california about 15 years ago
LaContessa
God, that's horrific!!
Player #96919
Player #1489294, I watched the movie about it starring Stacy Keach and have watched documentaries about it.Sends shivers down my spine. What a terrifying experience them men went through and what a horrible way to die.
Player. Ty
Talk About A Nightmare
Player #28739503
My neighbor Harlan Twible was one of the survivors. He lived to his mid 90s and had 4 children.
Player #10022413
I would like to thank Robert Shaw for helping me answer this correctly
Player #1104482
How horrible.
RICK-N-BACHER
Jewel, great book but a little different than the movie but both are awesome.
RABBIT
bjhartdino, What death march??
nan
purple621,
better than burning to death, but barely.
Mona
Four days in the sea. Did the government ignore them
Annie ❤️
Player Geriatric Pun, interesting! I live close to Hemet
Giggle pig
Jewel, books are always more interesting!
Neila
During Shark Week on one of those shows, I saw a man standing on the sand while a few sharks came out of the water to grab a fish then rocking back and forth one each fin and pulling themselves back into the water.
Val
My pediatrician was an extra in the movie JAWS by the JAWS bridge!! He loved telling that story!
Clidge
QuixoticNerd21405, it still wasn't enough to keep him from omitting suicide later in life. Poor guy, duty honor and scapegoat.
Krimple
I have not been in the ocean since I watched Jaws for the first time. I know it is a movie, but hey, the Indianapolis was real.
Player #13092429
Player Geriatric Pun, I also met a survivor of the Indianapolis in Grants Pass Oregon about 30 years ago.
Player #38210387
purple621, horrible way to survive
Jewel
knowbrains, Jaws was a riveting book then and is still a great read 🙂
Jewel
808stevan1, Terrifying! It's incredible that you've actually witnessed this.
Player #10078670 Lee
I don't think it makes any difference knowing what type sharks! Stay clear of all. Their species is sort of a surviving reminant of Prehistoric creatures - Always moving, Always eating.
Player #11088619
one more bad news about Indianapolis:(
Marilyn
My nephew was an extra in that movie.
LordlyVirgo350
Player Geriatric Pun, Hemet wow,thats awesome.
Player Blue by Choice
O. M. Gosh! Horrible. Navy Seaplanes were pretty big, though. My Dad flew them in the 50's
Player #14457142
Dark Jedi, did not know that. Wow.
ChiAnna
The fear in their hearts...
Player #28993358
just shoot me
Player #5100533
Dark Jedi, Thanks Captain Obvious...
RoamingCaptain89725
Player #9442102, the overwhelming majority were oceanic white tips. some tigers. don't remember any mention of bulls
Player Ejag
Nirvana girl Jade!, Spell check!
bjhartdino
Player #15121014, People with a little knowledge of how real war is bought and how many people died were tortured it’s unreal my uncle was in the content death march and lived to tell about it but he never was right people that don’t know about these things would be quiet and not give their opinion because they don’t know
QuixoticNerd21405
Capt. McVay was made a scapegoat by the politicians, but was later exonerated at the insistence of his own crew.
Player #10186502
808stevan1, I read where they weren't sure what kind of sharks attacked. I also read somewhere they were bull sharks.
Moogirl61
Ah, the great white shark attack on Martha's Vineyard. I remember reading about it. drunk sharks everywhere! 😂