The lore of the USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser assigned to Task Force 54, began when the gray lady saw extensive action ...

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35). Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. On July 30, 1945, USS Indianapolis got hit by a Japanese torpedo.

"Johnny Cash wrote the song, 'The Ballad of Ira Hayes,' with these words included about his life after his service and what it had done to him: 'When war came, Ira volunteered and forgot the white man ...

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.

Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, toward the end of World War II, two Japanese torpedoes sunk the USS Indianapolis. Of the 1,196 crew members onboard, 900 of them survived.

The U.S. Navy on Friday, May 27, 2022, said it has changed the status of 13 sailors who were lost when Japanese torpedoes sank the USS Indianapolis July 30, 1945.

Families of those heroes, survivor family members, Honorary Survivors, and friends will gather on Tuesday morning, July 30, 2024, at the USS Indianapolis CA-35 Memorial at 692 Ellsworth St. by the ...

The crew of the USS Indianapolis, a United States Navy cruiser, was headed toward the Philippines after completing a ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Sunday marked 78 years since the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. In total, 879 heroes were lost at sea July 30, 1945, when a Japanese submarine torpedoed the ship. To mark the occasion ...

The USS Indianapolis' last voyage was top secret. In the mid-summer of 1945, the ship successfully transported crucial components for an atomic bomb to Tinian Island.

FILE - In this July 10, 1945, photo provided by U.S. Navy, the USS Indianapolis (CA 35) is shown off the Mare Island Navy Yard, in Vallejo, Calif.

In 2020, the 75th anniversary of the USS Indianapolis sinking filled Briggs with regret over questions he never asked. "He was one of 316 men, out of a crew of 1,195, who lived to tell his story.