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. However ...

The USS Indianapolis will sail again. Adm. Ricky Williamson announced Saturday night during a banquet for survivors of the warship lost during World War II that the Navy will give the city's name ...

The celebrated USS Indianapolis was nearly blown in half by two Japanese torpedoes and sunk on July 30, 1945, a tragedy that also stands as one of World War II's most harrowing survival stories.

Among the artifacts on display are the USS Indianapolis gallery, military firearms and uniforms, and an AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopter. Most visitors where amazed by the scale of the interior of the ...

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen led a civilian research team that discovered the wreckage of the USS Indianapolis, a warship sank by Japanese torpedoes in 1945. More from Military & Defense A ...

On July 26, 1945, the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis landed on Tinian Island in the northern Pacific and delivered components for the atomic bomb that 11 days later would be dropped on Hiroshima.

Toti recently spoke to Military Times about plans for the pair’s podcast and his key role in exonerating Charles McVay, captain of the World War II heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, which has the ...

A Japanese torpedo attack against the USS Indianapolis leaves the men with no time to launch lifeboats. For four grueling days, the survivors float helplessly in the Pacific Ocean. The Corning ...

The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they ...