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The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.
On Wednesday, July 30, 2025, the National Museum of the Pacific War will host a special tribute to honor the crew of the USS ...
In what was to become one of the most harrowing wartime accounts of all time, seamen aboard the USS Indianapolis were left ...
The USS Indianapolis was hit by two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine in 1945, and the 900 sailors who made it to the ...
The sinking of the USS Indianapolis - which helped to deliver parts of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima ...
By the summer of 1945, with Nazi Germany defeated, the war in the Pacific still raged on as the Japanese Empire vowed to fight to the bitter end. Meanwhile, the United States was finalizing a secret ...
The worst shark attack in history followed the bombing and sinking of the USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945.
INDIANAPOLIS — The story of the USS Indianapolis has been often told. Yet despite the violence and horror of what is considered the worst disaster in U.S. naval history, the story is still not ...
Remember and honor the brave heroes of the USS Indianapolis on the 9th Annual Honor Watch. Join us at the memorial site.
It was 79 years ago when a Japanese submarine torpedoed the USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser carrying nearly 1,200 sailors and Marines. The ship was sailing back to the Philippines after delivering ...