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Historic Presentation Night
August 6, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
CANCELED – RESCHEDULE DATE TBD
The USS Indianapolis – A Story of Human Resilience
Wednesday, August 6th
7:30 PM EST (Doors open at 6:30)
$10 per Person: non-members
FREE: Museum members with registration
Join us on August 6th for Barry Levine’s presentation of the incredible story of the USS Indianapolis. Topics will include the ship’s naval service during W. W. II, including the delivery of nuclear weapon components to Tinian. The Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, going down in about twelve minutes. Almost 1,200 men were on board, but only 316 survived the ordeal – making this tragedy the worst at-sea loss in the Navy’s history. Barry will discuss the nightmare the surviving sailors experienced in their four-plus days in the Philippine Sea before their miraculous rescue. He then recaps the court martial of the ship’s Captain, Charles McVay and the experiences of some of these survivors after they came home – with life lessons for all of us.
Speaker: Barry Levine