Captain McVay

              Captain McVay was a wonderful captain according to Peter Nelson and the crew from the Indianapolis. He was respected by one and all and by every member of the crew. None of the survivors believe that McVay was responsible for the deaths of so many people and the sinking of the ships. In fact, most blame the Navy. The Navy should have and could have given the Indianapolis  an escort ship to take down submarines because she didn't have radar enforcements to detect submarines but they said it was not necessary. The strange thing was that they had information of a separate ship had sunken near their route called "Convoy Route Peddie" and there had been submarine sightings in and around  the area. Another thing is that the Navy had been breaching Japanese messages and had information that Japanese submarines would be cruising the area. Because of not being told the important information about the Japanese subs, Captain McVay sailed right into the enemy. He was not informed of the vital information needed to avoid the subs because he was "not of rank."