Shark attack, 1945-07-30 (Sea Disaster)
Location: 200 miles Leyte, In transit between Tinian and Leyte, PHILIPPINES
Activity: American cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed & sunk by the Japanese submarine I-58
Injury: About 300  crew perished during the sinking, the remainder abandoned ship. Many who survived the loss of the ship were taken by sharks. In all, only 316 of her crew of 1,196 survived.
Fatal: Y
Source: All the Drowned Sailors, by R. B. Lech ; M. Levine, GSAF