[1] The show investigated the shark attacks that occurred when the USS Indianapolis sank.

Of the estimated 900 men who survived the attack, only 317 were rescued after four days in shark infested waters.

The Discovery Channel describes the event as "the worst shark attack in history.

"[3] Surviving members of the crew attended a special screening in New York City on 18 July 2007.

According to the accounts of the surviving crew, most of the men died of either exhaustion, exposure to the elements, or drinking the ocean water, not from shark attacks.