The USS Indianapolis was one of the Navy's older Cruisers and served with much distinction. My Ens. David A Jump was a crew member on the ill fated Indy. The movie story is pretty much the way we were told as to what happened to the ship and the crew. My uncle died aboard the ship with the 1st torpedo attach. The story about what happened to Cpt. McVay is very real. The Navy didn't let the families know what really happened so many people hated Cpt. McVay and blamed him for the loss. The movie has historical value. It is well documented that the Japanese Commander did testify at the trial and he and McVay did meet each other. The loss of the Indy crew should never have happened. The Navy should have had better contact with the ship and when it didn't arrive at the next stop, the SOS should have been looked at much closer. It was known that the Japanese sub was in the path of the USS Indianapolis.
