# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-b-mcvay-iii
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:09:45.006Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-b-mcvay-iii"
name: "Charles B. McVay III"
slug: "charles-b-mcvay-iii"
description: "Charles Butler McVay III was an American naval officer and the commanding officer of the cruiser USS Indianapolis which was lost in action in 1945, resulting in a significant loss of life. Of all captains in the history of the United States Navy, he is the only one subjected to court-martial for losing a ship sunk by an act of war, despite the fact that he was on a top secret mission maintaining radio silence."
tagline: "United States Navy officer (1898–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/McVay_conference_after_sink.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1898-07-30"
deathDate: "1968-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.25243154364702
  historical:           10.557512
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "チャールズ・B・マクベイ3世"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump