Death is inevitable. This is a well know fact. The tragedy of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is no exception. On the eve of July 26th, 1945 one thousand, one hundred and ninety-seven (1,197) men set out to sea for a mission: deliver unidentified cargo to a port in Guam. These men set out without knowledge that only three hundred and seventeen (317) sailors would return home. In the awarded book Left for Dead by Pete Nelson, he discusses in great detail the causes of the deaths of the eight hundred and eighty (880) sailors who died on the night of July 30st, 1945, but “Knowing how the men in the water died is not the same thing as knowing why they died.” (101) World War two was under way. Every available man was called to serve his country, and this …show more content…
Miner the second, Morgan M. Mosley, Cozell Smith, Maurice Glen Bell, and Michael N. Kuryla who were all survivors of the sinking. In Nelson’s book, each veteran gave his testimony of what he witnessed during his enduring five days and four nights stay in the Wise 2 shark infested Philippine Sea. Every story started the same. It was around midnight when there was an explosion on the ship. Little did the crew know, they were just torpedoed by Japanese submarine commander, Mochitsura Hashimoto. Immediately water started to flood the vessel. Everyone rushed to grab a lifejacket or anything that could be helpful. After a grand total of twelve minutes, the U.S.S Indianapolis was engulfed in water. Approximately three hundred men went down with the ship. Many people either drowned while in a lower part of the ship, or was pulled under with the pressure the ship caused when it sank. Everyone who was lucky, or unlucky, enough to make it out and away from the ship banned together to try and survive. “Water, water, everywhere, and all the boards did shrink; water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” a quote from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. …show more content…
As a direct result, many men died from drinking the seawater. The men who did drink the water would get saltwater poisoning and would lose their mind. They would hallucinate and would see things like islands of girls with ice cold drinks in their hands, or even Japanese enemies that were in fact their own crew mates. The water would eventually kill all the sailors who fell victim to its false promises of relief. Wise 3 In Suzanne Collins’ book The Hunger Games, Collins writes “Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.” This is applicable to the sailors stranded in the Philippine Sea. A man with no hope will turn to horrible things. Many of the men who died in the water during the five days died because they lost hope that they'd be rescued. Hope will push anyone to do anything. A wife to move on after her husband's passing, a cancer patient to keep moving forward, and stranded sailors to continue living. These small acts of hope are what many survivors claimed kept them going during those terrible nights. In the darkest conditions, men are turned to the most gruesome, terriblest of actions.
The movie Jaws there’s a monologue by a character named Quint who’s described as a survivor the USS. The monologue explains what he went through after the sinking in the shark-infested waters. However, there were also historical inaccuracies in the monologue such as the date of the sinking and a number of men who were on board the ship. There was also another film named USS Indianapolis: The Legacy which talks about the ship through the point of view of the survivors. In Indianapolis, Indiana a monument dedicated to the USS, named the USS Indianapolis National Memorial, is located on the Canal Walk with crewmembers names listed on the monument.
On these british prison ships there was a lot of diseases. Tim states“ In June of that year , 1777, we found out that Father was dead”(Collier and Collier 164). This is one of the most straightforward sentences I have ever read but it gets straight to the point . Another tragic event was when Sam dies. We all expected for sam to be killed in war, not to be executed for stealing his own cattle.
Man Taken By Shark Yesterday in the early morning at around 4am a young pearl diver at the age of 30, was attacked by a Tiger shark. He was out in Roebuck Bay on the coast of Kimberly when this incident happened. The pearling crew confirmed that the victim of the attack was Samuel Jackson, and that they had been unaware of his attack when it happened because he was so far away. The crew of the lugger pulled in his air hose to find no one at the end.
After being in the sea for five days, they did not believe that anyone was coming. “All the same, they felt hopeless, despairing that rescue would ever come.” (Left For Dead p. 88) They never even saw a ship or a plane. When they were finally rescued, some sailors
Nature did not care if these men live or not. One of them named Billie drowned at the end of the story. He was the hardworking man from the whole crew. But nature seems very indifferent to him and for his struggle. According to the narrator, “When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important” (Sec 6); this quote shows nature does not give any importance to people.
The Iceberg Hits In addition, lookouts did not have access to binoculars, so by the time they spotted the iceberg, it was in right in front of the Titanic. Then, Officer Murdoch commanded the workers in the engine room to turn left. He then commanded them to put the Titanic in reverse, but it was not enough.
High in the crow’s-nest of the new White Star liner, Titanic lookout Frederick Fleet peered into a dazzling night. It was calm, clear and bitterly cold. There was no moon, but the cloudless sky blazed with stars. The Atlantic was like polished plate glass. People later said they had never seen it so smooth.
On April 15, 1912 the world learned that the big Titanic ship had crashed and hit a large iceberg. Less than one third of the ship’s passengers was still alive. A bunch of questions was being asked about the Titanic. How did the huge Titanic ship sink? Why did only 711 passengers and crew members survived, when there were at least 1,200 lifeboats?
Titanic, the “unsinkable ship” sank in 1912, leaving centuries worth of lasting impressions and unanswered questions on the sinking of this great ship. In both Exploring the Titanic by Robert D Ballard and Voices From the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson the story of the Titanic is shared from two different styles of writing, textbook (by Robert D Ballard), and nonfiction narrative (by Deborah Hopkinson). Mr. Robert D Ballard wrote his book (textbook) for the purpose of citing factual information so the readers can understand and retain the information from his book. While Ms. Deborah Hopkinson wrote her book (nonfiction narrative) for the purpose of shedding light on the stories behind the survivor’s fight to survive.
One would think these forces were working together to thwart the men’s successful return to shore; as time goes on, however, the men realize how utterly indifferent nature is to them and their plight. The birds fly away, the shark grows “bored” with following them, and the once “monstrous” waves no longer frighten the men in the same way (426.) The men come to understand that mother nature – and her seas, and birds, and sharks – is not an active participant in their struggle, but rather a force that will continue on irrespective of the goings on around
Fact, out of the 2229 people aboard the Titanic only 706 survived the crash. The Titanic was the biggest ship that had ever been created at the time. Hanson W. Baldwin stated that,’’She was not only the largest ship afloat,but was believed to be unsinkable.’’ He also wrote, ‘’...which made her, men thought, unsinkable.’’
Stroud, UK: The History Press, p.118 few minutes longer, rising to a nearly vertical angle with hundreds of people still clinging to it, before sinking. For many years it was generally believed the ship sank in one piece; however, when the wreck was located many years later, it was discovered that the ship had fully broken in two. All remaining passengers and crew were dipped into lethally cold water of the ocean with a temperature of 28 °F (−2 °C).44 Almost all of those in the water died of cardiac arrest or other causes within 15–30 minutes.
Although, when the crew finally discover another ship, reality is not what it seems. A ghost ship appears in the waters, carrying two passengers representing the judge, jury, and executioner for the mariner’s sin. Death and the nightmare Life-in-Death are upon the ghost ship, seemingly gambling who get’s to punish
When he reached the surface he climbed on and started to make a makeshift raft. In the floating remains of the ship he grabs some food and bottles of water to last him. While looking through the wreckage he spots a flare gun and he thought it might come in handy so he took it. 2 days later John was hanging in there when he spotted a fin pere out of the water at first he thought it was a dolphin when he later realized great now sharks.
The story begins with the mariner’s ship embarking on its voyage. At first things seem to be