The Worst Shark Attack in History, the USS Indianapolis Disaster - Part 1: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Tooth & Claw

True Crime, Nature, Science, Comedy

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Tooth & Claw is back with another multi-part series, this time concerning the men of the famed United States heavy cruiser that was sunk during the efforts of World War 2, and the sharks who couldn't pass up the tragic but opportune feast that now floated helplessly in the ocean water. This one gets intense, so prepare for some graphic conversation and content. In the second half of the episode, the guys are joined by Dan Abbott, an underwater cinematographer that specializes in sharks as well as one of the stars of the hit Netflix show All the Sharks. Watch here: https://youtu.be/Rn0xRUnnkN4 Ollie: Take the online quiz and introduce Ollie to your pet. Visit https://www.ollie.com/tooth today for 60% off your first box of meals! #ToKnowThemIsToLoveThem Mint Mobile: Get this new customer offer and your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just $15 a month at http://mintmobile.com/TOOTH Quince: Go to http://quince.com/TOOTH for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. LMNT: Get a free 8-count Sample Pack with any purchase at http://drinklmnt.com/tooth ~~ To advertise on the show, contact us! ~~ Tooth & Claw is brought to you by QCODE. Support the show and get access to an extensive library of exclusive episodes like this by supporting the show on Patreon or joining the Grizzly Club on Apple Podcasts. For the latest updates on the show and all things wildlife, follow us at toothandclawpod.com and social: Instagram: @ToothandClawPodcast Twitter: @ToothandClawPod Wes: @GrizKid Jeff: @jefe_larson Mike: @mikey3ds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Tooth and Claw podcast. We have our host, Wes Larson with us. He's a decorated wildlife biologist.
0:22.6	Decorated.
0:23.6	You don't...
0:24.6	I mean, I see two decorations right behind you.
0:27.6	Yeah, that's true.
0:28.6	Yeah, my studio's decorated.
0:30.6	I guess I'm decorated.
0:32.6	I'd be like a private first class, probably.
0:35.6	Okay.
0:36.6	And then... Humility. Yeah, it's like the second rank, I think. Sure. You also have our co-host Mike Smith with us. Hey. He's also decorated. And I am Wes's younger brother, Jeff Larson. And I'm less decorated, but I still have a couple. I was going to say you're both more decorated than me with all your tats.
0:56.0	You guys are all inked up.
0:57.4	I don't have any.
0:58.5	Jeff, you got a decoration of a shark right behind you, which is really fitting for today.
1:03.5	Yeah.
1:03.9	So we're doing a three-part episode on some sharks, right?
1:08.2	Yeah, I'll get into that in a second.
1:10.6	But really really quickly, I just want to let people for any new listeners know
1:16.3	what we do here.
1:17.3	We're tooth and claw podcast.
1:18.9	We have a podcast that's mostly about animal attacks, but we like to explain why they
1:23.3	happened, how it's often the person that's at fault, and how we can prepare our listeners
1:28.1	for time in the great outdoors and how they can avoid similar encounters with wildlife.
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