In October 2000, the United States Congress passed a resolution that Captain McVay's record should state that "he is exonerated for the loss of Indianapolis"; President Bill Clinton signed the resolution.[36] The resolution noted that, although several hundred ships of the US Navy were lost in combat during World War II, McVay was the only captain to be court-martialed for the sinking of his ship.[37] In July 2001, the United States Secretary of the Navy ordered McVay's official Navy record cleared of all wrongdoing.[38][39]