Microsoft co-founder found the cruiser Indianapolis, sunk by the Japanese, at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
Fragments of the US Navy cruiser Indianapolis, sunk in 1945 by a Japanese submarine, were found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 5.5 thousand meters. The cruiser was found by a search party of one of the founders of Microsoft, Paul Allen. To search for Indianapolis, Allen purchased and refitted the research vessel Petrel. It employs devices capable of diving to a depth of up to 6,000 meters.