The USS Indianapolis at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1937. On July 30, 1945, a Japanese submarine torpedoed the Indianapolis, tearing the ship nearly in two, destroying much of the bow and igniting a firestorm below decks. Within 12 minutes, the vessel was gone and 300 crewmen were dead. (Naval Historical Center via AP)
On the 65th anniversary of the worst at-sea naval disaster in U.S. history — the Japanese attack on the USS Indianapolis — we hear about one of the victims nearly lost to history, the ship's chaplain, who consoled hundreds of men imperiled at sea.
Guest:
Bill Milhomme, former Massachusetts state archivist
