![A can of Survivor's Tale Pale Ale.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61dce0251ba1f9ede85360ab/61e8b7a855e2bc1131a45cae_survivors-tale-pale-ale.png)
![A can of Survivor's Tale Pale Ale.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61dce0251ba1f9ede85360ab/61e8b7a855e2bc1131a45cae_survivors-tale-pale-ale.png)
Survivor's Tale
Pale Ale
abv
5.8%
ibu
44
srm
5.0
The USS Indianapolis’ final U.S. port of call was Mare Island, before delivering parts for the A-bomb “Little Boy” to Tinian Island in the Pacific. Days later, the ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Of 1,196 men on board, 300 went down with the ship. The remainder were adrift for five days in shark-infested waters with no lifeboats, food, nor water. Only 317 men lived to tell the tale. We crafted this brew for the 2015 USS Indianapolis Survivors’ reunion, and have maintained a deep and ongoing relationship with the Survivors.
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the history behind the name
![The Indianapolis at Mare Island on July 10, 1945 – just 20 days before its tragic sinking.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61dce0251ba1f9ede85360ab/61e8aee503b3383199601814_19-N-86911%20-%20Off%20Mare%20Island%2010%20July%201945%20after%20final%20overhaul%20and%20repair.jpg)
The Indianapolis at Mare Island on July 10, 1945 – just 20 days before its tragic sinking.
![The Survivors on their way back to the US aboard USS Hollandia.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61dce0251ba1f9ede85360ab/61e8b2d30863b2ba529e45d8_uss-indianapolis-survivors.jpg)
The Survivors on their way back to the US aboard USS Hollandia.
![USS Indianapolis survivor, Louis Kayo Erwin, with a bottle of the brew we crafted for their 2015 reunion in Indianapolis.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61dce0251ba1f9ede85360ab/61ea67b67ae26769e6253eef_USSINDYLouisKayoErwin2015-2.jpg)
USS Indianapolis survivor, Louis Kayo Erwin, with a bottle of the brew we crafted for their 2015 reunion in Indianapolis.