![After 72 Years in the Deep of the Pacific, the USS Indianapolis is Found [VIDEO]](https://victorygirlsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/At-Pearl-1937.jpg)
Finally, the nation heard some good, if bittersweet, news.
On Saturday, billionaire Paul Allen announced that a search team he funded had finally found the long-lost USS Indianapolis.
We've located wreckage of USS Indianapolis in Philippine Sea at 5500m below the sea. '35' on hull 1st confirmation: https://t.co/V29TLj1Ba4 pic.twitter.com/y5S7AU6OEl
— Paul Allen (@PaulGAllen) August 19, 2017
The World War II cruiser lies at the bottom of the Pacific at a whopping depth of over 18000 feet. She has rested there, undiscovered, for over 72 years after being sunk by a Japanese submarine.
Allen said, in a statement:
“To be able to honor the brave men of the USS Indianapolis and their families through the discovery of a ship that played such a significant role in ending World War II is truly humbling.”
“As Americans, we all owe a debt of gratitude to the crew for their courage, persistence and sacrifice in the face of horrendous circumstances. While our search for the rest of the wreckage will continue, I hope everyone connected to this historic ship will feel some measure of closure at this discovery so long in coming.”
The sinking of the USS Indianapolis is a tale of a secret mission and naval negligence. It’s also a saga of men adrift at sea, suffering sun, starvation, dehydration, and shark attacks. Lots and lots of shark attacks.
![Obama’s Sanctimonious Speech at Hiroshima [VIDEO]](https://victorygirlsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/barack-obama-japan-hiroshima-memorial-survivor-600x510.jpg)
Leave it to President Obama: he never lets American military involvement pass by without turning it into some fable involving his version of morality. On Friday in Hiroshima,…
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