LOSS OF SHIP
Captain To Be Charged NEW YORK. Nov. 27. The Navy announced the holding of 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. The Navy attributed the loss of the Indianapolis to enemy action, and pointed out 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 the personnel of 1196, comprising five dead, 875 missing and 316 wounded. The Washington correspondent of the "New York Herald-Tribune” says 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 the court-martial to answer for the loss of his ship and men.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23372, 1 December 1945, Page 9
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147LOSS OF SHIP Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23372, 1 December 1945, Page 9
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