I know there's been several attempts to locate the wreck but does anyone know of another being planned? I couldn't find any record of a discovery so I am assuming it wasn't found by the latest (2000) expedition, nor could I find any info on subsequent searches or planned ones.

I know it sank in one of the deepest parst of the Pacific but it would seem to me that it could be located with some government funding. You'd think such a famous ship (delivered parts of the first atomic bomb dropped at Hirosmiha) from the US Navy that about 900 men died (many died horribly days after the wreck from sharks and drowning) on would warrant a priority search.

If anyone is interested at all I'd reccomend reading Abandon Ship by Richard Newcomb for a very entertaining, albiet sad, narrative of it's last voyage.

An Expedition to the Indianapolis is up in the air right now Jamie. The difficulty in finding a 610' heavy cruiser in over 2-3 miles of water is difficult at best. Bob Ballard has repeatedly turned down ideas to go after the "Indy" due to the fact that the terrain were the ship sank is very very rugged. Mountains and underwater volcanoes sprout up from everywhere at the location. Sidescan sonar towing would be damm near close to impossible without risking a multi-million dollar piece of equipment. And Don't even get me started on using ROV's. You lose something like that, and It's GAME OVER...


For more info about this, refer to my previous article I wrote about this subject. It's on this exact thread but you'll have to do a bit of searching to find it.


CHEERS

James "BIG RED" Martindale

It's really a shame such a famous ship can't be recovered :unsure:

It sure is...