WW2 Photo WWII USS Indianapolis CA-35 July 1945 US Navy World War Two / 7136

Description

USS Indianapolis CA-35
This is a nice
reproduction of an original WWII photograph showing USS Indianapolis in the Mare Island, California Naval Shipyard after her final refit on July 12, 1945, just a few weeks before her sinking by a Japanese submarine.
Size of photo is about 4" x 6".
USS
Indianapolis
(CL/CA-35) was a
Portland
-class
heavy cruiser
of the
United States Navy
. She was named for the city of
Indianapolis, Indiana
. She was the
flagship
of
Admiral Raymond Spruance
while he commanded the
Fifth Fleet
in battles across the Central Pacific.
Her sinking led to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy. On 30 July 1945, after a high-speed trip to deliver parts for
Little Boy
, the first atomic bomb used in combat, to the United States air base at
Tinian
, the ship was torpedoed by the
Imperial Japanese Navy
submarine
I-58
while on her way to the Philippines, sinking in 12 minutes. Of 1,196 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. The remaining 900 faced
exposure
,
dehydration
,
saltwater poisoning
, and
shark attacks
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
PBY Catalina
on routine patrol. Only 317 survived.
On 19 August 2017 a search team lead by
Paul Allen
located the wreckage of the sunken cruiser in the
Philippine Sea
lying at a depth of approximately 18,000 feet (5,500 m).
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