Shark Repellents and the Attempt to Weaponize Sharks? USS Indianapolis & Its Role.

In this month's Ocean Talks, we will take a dive into one of the most bizarre and unique military projects to ever exist and how the loss of an estimated 150 sailors to shark bites may have led to the eventual creation of "Project Headgear". The military's ambitious goal to weaponize sharks.

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CHAPTERS-
00:00 INTRO
01:23 Why a Shark Repellent?
02:08 USS Indianapolis
03:40 The Sinking
06:03 The Shark Chaser repellent jacket
06:40 "Project Headgear: Final Report"
10:17 Why Sharks & Not Dolphins?
11:30 The Experiments


CITATIONS

Mary Roach's article about her book and the declassification reclassification of "Project Headgear: Final Report".
https://undark.org/2016/08/11/sharks-explosives-world-war-ii-mary-roach-what-i-left-out/

Link to Mary' Roach's "Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War"
https://www.amazon.com/Grunt-Curious-Science-Humans-War/dp/0393245446

Survivor stories
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56270916/uss-indianapolis-survivor-recounts/

History: Sinking & Survivor Stories
https://www.history.com/news/uss-indianapolis-sinking-survivor-stories-sharks

Wikipedia page for USS Indianapolis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35)

Japanese Commander Mochitsura_Hashimoto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochitsura_Hashimoto


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