Now that is very good reasoning Jim, one thing you sorta let slip by bloke, in going down in the ocean it has those things swimming around with lotsa teef in their mouth!
The poor blighters from the Indianapolis god bless them, what would have been the outcome had she been sunk going to Tinian, still they had Little boy and one more to go after that.
My motto: "I do not go in the ocean and sharks do not come onto dry land......." works a treat.
Sadly 3 days ago we lost a young lass to a Bull shark near Fremantle pretty close to where the river meets the ocean it severed her femoral artery and vein in her leg and she bled out despite the best efforts of people.
One chap actually dove in and got her away from the shark then to shore she was very young 16 y/o jumped off the jet ski to swim with a pod of dolphins must have landed right on top of the shark it was probably following the dolphins for leftover fish. RIP