Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-33585646-20180203040604/@comment-11700680-20180203045251

Google is everyone's friend. All I had to search was:

-amrican ship that sunk during ww2 because it didnt zig zag

and this was the third result was:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35)

I read a bit about it sinking, and it is indeed what you are looking for. Dechi and all.