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==In popular culture==

In a scene in the 1975 movie ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', one of the main characters, Quint, who is a survivor of the ''Indianapolis'', recounts the sinking and shark attacks. This scene brought ''Indianapolis'', and its sinking, into a much wider public spotlight 30 years after the original events occurred.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/military/sdut-documentary-indianapolis-wwii-sharks-jaws-military-2016aug01-htmlstory.html |title=Focus: Saving WWII Indianapolis story from sharks |first=Peter |last=Rowe |date=1 Aug 2016|access-date=29 May 2020|work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/08/the-uss-indianapolis-and-quints-monologue/ |title=The USS ''Indianapolis'' and Quint's monologue |first=Rupert |last=Millar |date=24 Aug 2017|access-date=29 May 2020|publisher=Union Press Ltd}}</ref> The 2019 play ''[[The Shark Is Broken]]'', which opened on Broadway in 2023, both explores [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]] (Quint's actor) rewriting the dialogue to the scene, as well as doing a full rendition of the famous scene at the end.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/theater/the-shark-is-broken-review.html |title=Review: A Bloodless Postscript to 'Jaws' in 'The Shark Is Broken' |work=The New York Times |first=Jesse |last=Green |date=August 10, 2023 |access-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref>▼

In a scene in the 1975 movie ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', one of the main characters, Quint, while on the hunt in his boat for a man-eater shark, talks drunkenly with oceanographer Matt Hooper. He recounts how he along with a number of colleagues were on a mission to deliver the "bomb" while on ''Indianapolis'', when it was torpedoed. He fortunately survived the sinking and shark attacks.

▲This scene brought ''Indianapolis'', and its sinking, into a much wider public spotlight 30 years after the original events occurred.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/military/sdut-documentary-indianapolis-wwii-sharks-jaws-military-2016aug01-htmlstory.html |title=Focus: Saving WWII Indianapolis story from sharks |first=Peter |last=Rowe |date=1 Aug 2016|access-date=29 May 2020|work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/08/the-uss-indianapolis-and-quints-monologue/ |title=The USS ''Indianapolis'' and Quint's monologue |first=Rupert |last=Millar |date=24 Aug 2017|access-date=29 May 2020|publisher=Union Press Ltd}}</ref> The 2019 play ''[[The Shark Is Broken]]'', which opened on Broadway in 2023, both explores [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]] (Quint's actor) rewriting the dialogue to the scene, as well as doing a full rendition of the famous scene at the end.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/theater/the-shark-is-broken-review.html |title=Review: A Bloodless Postscript to 'Jaws' in 'The Shark Is Broken' |work=The New York Times |first=Jesse |last=Green |date=August 10, 2023 |access-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref>

The 1991 made-for-TV film ''Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis'' stars [[Stacy Keach]] as Captain McVay.