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The days that followed the Indianapolis’ sinking were a harrowing ordeal that tested the limits of human survival.
Eighty years ago today, the USS Indianapolis went down in 12 minutes after being struck by two torpedoes from a Japanese ...
The lore of the USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser assigned to Task Force 54, began when the gray lady saw extensive action ...
The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35). Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. On July 30, 1945, USS Indianapolis got hit by a Japanese torpedo.
It's now been 80 years since the attack on the USS Indianapolis, which the Navy says had just finished delivering the parts ...
Families of those heroes, survivor family members, Honorary Survivors, and friends will gather on Tuesday morning, July 30, 2024, at the USS Indianapolis CA-35 Memorial at 692 Ellsworth St. by the ...
The USS Indianapolis CA 35 was a Portland-class heavy cruiser in the U.S. Navy that was struck by Japanese torpedoes while en route from Guam to the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines in July 1945.
INDIANAPOLIS — Sunday marked 78 years since the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. In total, 879 heroes were lost at sea July 30, 1945, when a Japanese submarine torpedoed the ship. To mark the occasion ...
The USS Indianapolis' last voyage was top secret. In the mid-summer of 1945, the ship successfully transported crucial components for an atomic bomb to Tinian Island.
In 2020, the 75th anniversary of the USS Indianapolis sinking filled Briggs with regret over questions he never asked. "He was one of 316 men, out of a crew of 1,195, who lived to tell his story.
The wreckage was found in the Philippine Sea. — -- The wreckage of the USS Indianapolis has been located, more than 70 years after it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes during World War II ...
FILE - In this July 10, 1945, photo provided by U.S. Navy, the USS Indianapolis (CA 35) is shown off the Mare Island Navy Yard, in Vallejo, Calif.