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

Honored guests of the July 30 event include families and friends, but organizers encourage everyone to attend. The ceremony starts Tuesday at 10 a.m., at the USS Indianapolis CA 35 Memorial, on ...

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

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.

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 ...