Twilight of Perseverance by Mark Churms at Ozark Airfield Artworks Aviation Art

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"TWILIGHT OF PERSEVERANCE"

NEW! Churms - Signed Ltd.
Edition Paper Print /317:
TWILIGHT OF PERSEVERANCE *
USS Bassett 1945

Image size: 11 inches high x 15
inches wide. Signed and numbered
by artist.

U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS SINKS! 1945
On August 2, 1945 the USS Bassett APD-73 was on Anti-submarine patrol offthe coast
of Leyte Island. The Bassett received orders to investigate a group of men in the water
some 200 miles away. The ship set course and steamed tothe scene. The ship and
crew had no idea that the men they were about torescue were all that remained of the
USS Indianapolis CA-35. The Indianapolis had been sunk by the Imperial Japanese
submarine I-58on the evening of July 30th, 1945 while returning from Tinian Island
after delivering the components of the Atomic Bomb. The crew of the Indy was left to
the oil polluted and shark infested waters. Little did the survivors know it would be
almost 5 days before help would arrive.

USS Bassett Rescues 150 Survivors
The USS Bassett began the rescue just after midnight on August 3. Two LCVP landing
crafts were launched into the dark rough waters to retrieve thesurvivors. The rescue
continued throughout the night and into the dawn hours of morning. Of the nearly
1200 men aboard the Indianapolis, only 317 survived. The USS Bassett was
responsible for saving 150 men.