The sinking of the USS Indianapolis was one of America’s greatest naval tragedies as the Indianapolis was one of the flagship ships of the navy at the time as well as one of the fastest. On July 30th of 1945, at 4 minutes past midnight, on the route between Guam and Leyte Gulf, known as “Convoy Route Peddie,” the ship was hit by two of the six torpedoes that were fired at it by the I-58, a Japanese submarine. Ultimately only 317 men survived and were rescued in different groups at different distances away from the initial sinking. The captain of the ship Captain Charles McVay III was court-martialed, which was highly criticized by many; however, nothing was done about it until Hunter Scott and various survivors, politicians, and average citizens moved to have this court-martial repealed.…