# Jaws/USS Indianapolis

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-uss-indianapolis/107836>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 8, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-uss-indianapolis/107836 "2002-05-08T02:06:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-uss-indianapolis/107836/1 "2002-05-08T02:06:27Z")

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I remember the scene in Jaws when Quint describes his ordeal in  
the water with his crewmates being eaten by sharks after the  
Indianaplis was sunk.

I also vaguely remember a made for TV movie about the Indianapolis…with crewmembers being eaten.

Was one of the survivors identified as Quint, in homage to  
Robert Shaw’s monologue?

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**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-uss-indianapolis/107836/2 "2002-05-08T02:13:00Z")

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I’m not entirely sure what you’re asking. I don’t know if it helps, but [here](http://www.ussindianapolis.org/crew.htm) is a crew list of the _Indianapolis_ (CA-35), which also notes the survivors.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-uss-indianapolis/107836/3 "2002-05-08T03:29:16Z")

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I’m pretty sure Enola isn’t asking if the fictional character of Quint was among the actual crew of the Indianapolis. I believe his (or her if such is the case) question is whether a character in the TV movie was named Quint as an homage to the _Jaws_ character.

Enola, if you can remember the name of the movie, you could check the credits at [IMDB.com](http://IMDB.com)

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**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-uss-indianapolis/107836/4 "2002-05-08T04:33:36Z")

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Ah. In that case, I’d say no - or at least, probably not. Assuming the movie **Enola** is thinking of is [Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis](http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0102455), there do not appear to be any characters listed named Quint. However, there are a couple of actors listed who don’t have characters’ names attached. Maybe one of these was identified informally as ‘Quint’…?