On July 30, 1945, shortly after midnight, the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a japanese submarine somewhere in the phillipine ...

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.

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen led a civilian research team that discovered the wreckage of the USS Indianapolis, a warship sank by Japanese torpedoes in 1945. More from Military & Defense ...

Scores of US sailors fell victim to the deadliest shark attack ever after their ship, the USS Indianapolis, was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1945. Roughly 900 men survived the naval ship sinking ...

The celebrated USS Indianapolis was nearly blown in half by two Japanese torpedoes and sunk on July 30, 1945, a tragedy that also stands as one of World War II's most harrowing survival stories.

On July 26, 1945, the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis landed on Tinian Island in the northern Pacific and delivered components for the atomic bomb that 11 days later would be dropped on Hiroshima.

Hunter Scott was a 12-year-old Ransom Middle School student whose National History Day project changed U.S. Navy history.

Among the artifacts on display are the USS Indianapolis gallery, military firearms and uniforms, and an AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopter. Most visitors where amazed by the scale of the interior of the ...