USS Indianapolis Into the Killing Seas

Task 1: Individually, answer the following questions by visiting the links below:

Was an SOS signal sent and was it received? How do you know?
Why were the rescue ships ordered to return to base instead of saving the victims?
What did the US Navy accuse Capt. McVay of in order to pin the blame on him?
Why didn't more crewmen use lifeboats?
Why was the Navy so successful in covering up the truth for nearly 50 years?
How did Hunter Scott come up with the idea for his History Fair project?

Task 2: In your group, you will assign roles and create an slide presentation on one of the following topics:

- The experience of a sailor or officer.

- Shark attacks

- How the Indianapolis could sink so quickly

- The Naval cover-up

- The perspective of the Japanese

- Learn more about the 319 who survived

- How would you have cleared the Captain