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Commander Machitsura Hashimoto, commanding Japanese submarine 58, fires two torpedoes at the Heavy Crusier USS Indianpolis (CA-35) and she sinks in 12 minutes with the loss of 300 of her 1,196 crew. Charles Butler McVay III is court-martialed and convicted of "hazarding his ship by failing to zigzag." He is hounded the rest of his life and commits suicide in 1968. |
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