The tv program "Ocean of Fear" recounts the sinking of a ship that served as the flagship for who in 1943 and 1944?
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) USS "Indianapolis" (CL/CA-35) was a "Portland"-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. The vessel served as the flagship for the commander of Scouting Force 1 for eight pre-war years, then as flagship for Admiral Raymond Spruance, in 1943 and 1944, while he commanded the Fifth Fleet in battles across the Central Pacific in World War II.
Convoy Hi-81 Convoy Hi-81 (ヒ-81 ) was the designation for a formation of Japanese transports that carried soldiers bound for Singapore and the Philippines during World War II. The transports were escorted by a large force of surface combatants including the escort carriers "Shinyo" and "Akitsu Maru" which were sunk in the Yellow Sea by American submarines. Over the course of a four-day convoy battle in November 1944 nearly 7,000 Japanese were killed in action while the Americans sustained no casualties.