A chronicle of the battle for survival waged by sailors of the USS Indianapolis, a cruiser sunk by the Japanese on its return from a secret mission in 1945. Capt McVay: Stacy Keach. Wilkes: David Caruso. Scott: Richard Thomas. Kinderman: Don Harvey. D'Angelo: Robert Ciccini. Goldstein: Neil Giuntoli. Capt. Lipscombe: Steve Landesberg. Hashimoto: Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa.