They came after him claiming he should have been zig zagging except for the small item he didn't have enough fuel to zig zag or run at high speed. The Indianapolis was being transferred between commands and the competing commands had a habit of sending ships with minimal fuel - making refueling an issue for the new command.
Over 350 Navy warships had been lost in combat during World War II, but none of their captains had been court-martialed. Both Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz and Vice Admiral Raymond Spruance for whom the Indianapolis served as Fifth Fleet flagship opposed court-martialing Captain McVay, and never had an officer been court-martialed over the objection of his superiors, much less such prominent flag officers.
Which is amazing when John F Kennedy wasn't court martialed for the loss of PT109, and his court martial was demanded by no less the Gen MacArthur and Adm Halsey(?) - even his own brother asked him where he was when a Japanese destroyer (that the PT boat was looking for) ran over them. The Japanese destroyer captain sighted them from over a mile away - PT109 never saw the destroyer until it was literally on top of them (along with claiming the destroyer was moving at 40 knots - something the Japanese captain scoffed at).
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