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Wreckage of lost ship USS Indianapolis found after seven decades
Researchers announced Saturday they discovered wreckage of the lost warship the USS Indianapolis, 72 years after the World War II cruiser was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.
研究人員週六宣佈，二次世界大戰時期的美國巡洋艦「印第安納波利斯號」，在遭一艘日本潛艦的魚雷擊沉72年後，他們發現這艘遇難的軍艦殘骸。
The wreckage was found in the Philippine Sea 5.5 kilometers below the surface, according to philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who headed the civilian research crew that located the ship.
殘骸是在菲律賓海水下5.5公里處被發現，慈善家兼微軟共同創辦人艾倫指出。他率領這支民間研究團隊，定位出該艦位置。
The ship was hit in the final days of World War II just after completing a secret mission delivering parts of the atomic bomb used in Hiroshima.
該艦剛完成運送用於轟炸廣島的原子彈零件的秘密任務後，於二次大戰的最後時日遇襲。
The vessel sank in just 12 minutes, meaning it was unable to send a distress signal or deploy life-saving equipment. Some 800 of the ship’s 1,196 sailors and marines initially survived the maritime disaster, but only 316 ultimately lived after enduring several days in shark-infested waters where they also faced risks of dehydration and drowning. Of those survivors, 22 are still alive today, the US Navy said.
該艦遇襲後僅12分鐘就下沉，這意味它無法發出危難訊號或使用救生設備。艦上1196名水兵與海軍陸戰隊員中，約800人最初在海難中存活，但在鯊魚大量出沒的水域，以及面臨脫水、溺斃的風險數日後，最後只有316人生還。倖存者中，22人現仍健在，美國海軍指出。
"As Americans, we all owe a debt of gratitude to the crew for their courage, persistence and sacrifice in the face of horrendous circumstances," said Allen.
「身為美國人，我們對於全體官兵在面臨可怕的狀況時，展現的勇氣、堅忍與犧牲感激不盡。」艾倫說。
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