LOSS OF CRUISER
CAPTAIN TO FACE COURT
Rec' 9 a.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 28. The navy announced that it is holding a general court-martial on December 3 for the trial of Captain Charles B. McVay, commanding officer of the heavy cruiser Indianapolis, which was sunk in the Philippines Sea on July 30 last. The navy attributed the loss of the Indianapolis to enemy action. It is stated that the court-martial will be concerned only with Captain McVay's responsibility in the loss of the ship, which suffered 100 per cent, casualties among its personnel of 1196, comprising five dead, 875 missing, and 316 wounded.
The "New York Herald Tribune's" Washington correspondent says that of the 437 United States combat vessels lost during the war, the case of the Indianapolis is the only one in which the captain has been called before a court-martial to answer for the loss of his ship and men.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 130, 29 November 1945, Page 7
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152LOSS OF CRUISER Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 130, 29 November 1945, Page 7
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