Another beautiful piece from our collection that deserves mention today. This incredible knot board honoring the USS Thresher was made by Kenneth Hagan, BM-1, USN, Ret. and generously donated to Albacore Park by Robert P. Cahillane, Navy Co. 125.

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‘The Ghost Ship of the Pacific’
The discovery of the wreck of the USS Stewart brings a long-sought denouement to a destroyer’s story unique in the annals of the Pacific war.

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/february/ghost-ship-pacific

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July 30 1945: USS Indianapolis had just delivered uranium and other parts to Tinian Naval Base for the nuclear bomb "Little Boy" which was dropped on Hiroshima a week later. Just after midnight it was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-58, and sank in just 12 minutes. 300 went down with the ship, leaving 890 men stranded in the Pacific. For 4 days they endured horrific shark attacks, exposure, dehydration, and saltwater poisoning. On Aug 3 a PBY Flying Boat rescued 316 survivors. It is the US Navy's greatest loss of life from a single ship lost at sea. The wreckage was found in 2017 by a team funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

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