This week marks 80 years since the attack on the USS Indianapolis, which the Navy says had just finished delivering the parts of the atomic bomb that helped end World War II.
The Navy says 1,195 American sailors were onboard the ship when it was attacked by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945. 879 sailors died, 316 survived, and only one of them is still living today.
The USS Indianapolis that sunk in 1945 was the second ship to carry the name. Naval Station Mayport is home to the current iteration of the Indianapolis, the fourth ship to bear the name…