JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This week marks 80 years since the attack on the USS Indianapolis, which the Navy says had just finished delivering the parts of the atomic bomb that helped end World War II. The ...
In July 1945, the USS Indianapolis completed one of the most important deliveries in history, only to meet a tragic end days later. A Japanese submarine attack left the ship’s crew stranded in open ...
The lore of the USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser assigned to Task Force 54, began when the gray lady saw extensive action before the invasion of Okinawa during March 1945 that resulted in the downing ...
Edgar Harrell survived four days in open water after the attack. The last surviving Marine of the USS Indianapolis, the U.S. Navy ship that sank in July 1945, died this weekend. Edgar Harrell was 96 ...
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. Microsoft ...