WARSHIP PROFILE 28 USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35 WW2 US NAVY HEAVY CRUISER SHARK ATTACK
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WARSHIP PROFILE 28 USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35 WW2 US NAVY HEAVY CRUISER
SUMMARY OF SERVICE
THE FIRST INDIANAPOLIS WW1 CARGO SHIP
HEAVY CRUISER DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS
THE PRE-WAR HEAVY CRUISER CLASSES: USS PENSACOLA CLASS 1929, THE USS NORTHAMPTON CLASS 1929 – 1930, THE USS INDIANAPOLIS CLASS 1931 – 1932, THE USS ASTORIA CLASS 1933 – 1936
THE AUTHORIZATION OF INDIANAPOLIS
BUILDING – NEW YORK SHIPBUILDING COMPANY
MACHINERY
SUPERSTRUCTURE
ARMAMENT – MAIN BATTERY (8-INCH / 55 CALIBRE)
SECONDARY ARMAMENT (5-INCH 25 CALIBRE)
ADDITIONAL ARMAMENT (PREWAR)
ADDITIONAL ARMAMENT (WORLD WAR II)
FIRE CONTROL
WARTIME GUNFIRE CONTROL
AIRCRAFT
PROTECTION
OPERATIONAL CAREER (JOINING THE FLEET, PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW 1934, SOUTH AMERICAN CRUISE, PEACETIME ROUTINE, WAR COMES TO THE PACIFIC, FIRST COMBAT, OVERHAUL – SPRING 1942, ALEUTIAN ALASKA CAMPAIGN, ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT IMPROVED, OVERHAUL APRIL – MAY 1943, OPERATION GALVANIC TARAWA GILBERT ISLANDS, OPERATION FLINTLOCK, OPERATION FORAGER, MARIANAS TURKEY SHOOT, OVERHAUL LATE 1944, TOKYO BOUND, OKINAWA, BATTLE DAMAGE, OVERHAUL MAY-JUNE 1945, ATOMIC BOMB SECRET MISSION TO TINIAN)
THE SINKING OF USS INDIANAPOLIS
FOUR-PAGE CENTERFOLD COLOR PLAN AND HULL VIEW
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA:
USS INDIANAPOLIS (CA-35) WAS A PORTLAND-CLASS CRUISER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. SHE SERVED AS FlagSHIP FOR ADMIRAL RAYMOND SPRUANCE WHILE HE COMMANDED THE FIFTH FLEET IN THEIR BATTLES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC. SHE HOLDS A PLACE IN HISTORY DUE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER SINKING, WHICH LED TO THE GREATEST SINGLE LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA IN THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. NAVY. ON 30 JULY 1945, SHORTLY AFTER DELIVERING CRITICAL PARTS FOR THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB TO BE USED IN COMBAT TO THE UNITED STATES AIR BASE AT TINIAN, THE SHIP WAS TORPEDOED BY THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY SUBMARINE I-58, SINKING IN 12 MINUTES. OF 1,196 CREWMEN ABOARD, APPROXIMATELY 300 WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP.
THE REMAINING 900 MEN FACED EXPOSURE, DEHYDRATION, AND SHARK ATTACKS AS THEY WAITED FOR ASSISTANCE 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 PV-1 VENTURA ON ROUTINE PATROL. ONLY 316 SAILORS SURVIVED. INDIANAPOLIS WAS THE LAST MAJOR U.S. NAVY SHIP SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION IN WORLD WAR II.
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WARSHIP PROFILE 28 USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35 WW2 US NAVY HEAVY CRUISER SHARK ATTACK:
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