USS Indianapolis Mare Island Navy Yard 19 April 1942 following overhaul
Cruiser USS Indianapolis aircraft catapult 1942
Cruiser USS Indianapolis In a Pacific harbor 1944
USS Indianapolis during the invasion of Saipan June 1944
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) at the Mare Island Navy Yard December 1944
Cruiser USS Indianapolis at Buenos Aires 1936
USS Indianapolis (CA-35), catapults and Curtiss SOC Seagull April 1942
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) at the Mare Island Navy Yard December 1944 2
Cruiser USS Indianapolis At Pearl Harbor 1937
USS Indianapolis at the Mare Island Navy Yard California following overhaul 1 May 1943
Cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) during trials 1932
USS Indianapolis forward stack, superstructure and hull July 1945
Heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis San Francisco California 1 May 1944
Cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) at New York 31 May 1934
Heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis superstructure and triple gun turrets December 1944
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) preparing to leave Tinian after delivering atomic bomb components 26 July 1945
Cruiser USS Indianapolis San Pedro California 22 April 1935
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) – Closeup view of turret 2 and the ship’s superstructure July 1945
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) off the Mare Island Navy Yard California 10 July 1945
Heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis at the Mare Island Navy Yard following overhaul 1 May 1943
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Mare Island Navy Yard California 2 May 1943
Heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis Mare Island Navy Yard 1 May 1943
Cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35), 12 July 1945
Heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis passing under the Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco 1938
Heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis – Mare Island Navy Yard California 9 December 1944
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Mare Island Navy Yard after her final overhaul 12 July 1945
Heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis midships area 1943
Portland-class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis CA-35
Cruiser USS Indianapolis CA-35 Passing Statue of Liberty 1936
Heavy Cruiser USS Indianapolis In Camouflage Bow View 1944
Heavy Cruiser USS Indianapolis Bow View 1944
Heavy Cruiser USS Indianapolis CA-35 Aerial View 1939
Heavy Cruiser USS Indianapolis CA-35 Aerial View 1942
Cruiser USS Indianapolis CA 35 Stern
USS Indianapolis CA-35 Cruiser Broadside In 1944
USS Indianapolis CA-35 Cruiser Aerial view 1942
USS Indianapolis CA-35 Cruiser Bow in 1944
Portland-class cruiser.
Main armament: 9 x 203 mm (8 inches)
Laid down: 31 March 1930 (New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey)
Launched:7 November 1931
Commissioned: 15 November 1932
Fate: Torpedoed and sunk on 30 July 1945 by Japanese submarine I-58 (B3 type, commander: Kaigun Shōsa Mochitsura Hashimoto)
Bibliography:
- Pete Nelson – Left for Dead: A Young Man’s Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis
- Doug Stanton – In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
- Warship Pictorial No.1: USS Indianapolis CA-35 – Classic Warships Publishing 1996
- Edgar Harrell, David Harrell – Out of the Depths: An Unforgettable WWII Story of Survival, Courage, and the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
- Thomas Helm – Ordeal by Sea: The Tragedy of the USS Indianapolis
- William H. Cracknell – USS Indianapolis (CA 35) Heavy Cruiser 1932-1945; Warship Profile 28
- Eric Osborne: “Cruisers and Battle Cruisers: An Illustrated History of Their Impact”
- Cruisers: An Illustrated History – Antony Preston, Arms & Armour 2000
- Al Adcock: US Heavy Cruisers in action, Part 1 & 2; Squadron/Signal Publications 2001
- Mark Stille: US Heavy Cruisers 1941-45: Pre-war Classes – Osprey New Vanguard 210