USS Indianapolis CA-35
This is a nice reproduction of an original WWII photograph showing USS Indianapolis in the Mare Island, California Naval Shipyard after her final refit on July 12, 1945, just a few weeks before her sinking by a Japanese submarine.
Size of photo is about 4" x 6".
USS Indianapolis (CL/CA-35) was a Portland-class
heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. She was named for the
city of Indianapolis, Indiana. She was the flagship of Admiral
Raymond Spruance while he commanded the Fifth Fleet in battles
across the Central Pacific.
Her sinking led to the greatest single loss of
life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy. On 30 July 1945, after a
high-speed trip to deliver parts for Little Boy, the first atomic
bomb used in combat, to the United States air base at Tinian, the ship
was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58
while on her way to the Philippines, sinking in 12 minutes. Of 1,196 crewmen
aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. The remaining 900 faced exposure,
dehydration, saltwater poisoning, and shark attacks while
floating with few lifeboats and almost no food or water. The Navy learned of
the sinking when survivors were spotted four days later by the crew of a PBY
Catalina on routine patrol. Only 317 survived.
On 19 August 2017 a
search team lead by Paul Allen located the wreckage of the sunken
cruiser in the Philippine Sea lying at a depth of approximately 18,000
feet (5,500 m).[
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