The lore of the USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser assigned to Task Force 54, began when the gray lady saw extensive action before the invasion of Okinawa during March 1945 that resulted in the downing ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) -- Seventy-two years after two torpedoes fired from a Japanese submarine sunk cruiser USS Indianapolis, the ship’s wreckage was found resting on the seafloor on Saturday – more ...

The wreckage was found in the Philippine Sea. — -- The wreckage of the USS Indianapolis has been located, more than 70 years after it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes during World War II. Microsoft ...

INDIANAPOLIS — July 29 marked 80 years since the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. It was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank in minutes in shark-infested waters. Of the 1,196 men on board, only ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – More than a dozen men who survived the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history _ the World War II sinking of the USS Indianapolis _ have gathered in the cruiser’s namesake city ...

In the summer of 1945, the USS Indianapolis embarked on a journey from San Francisco to the tiny Northern Mariana island of Tinian, carrying the components for 'Little Boy' - the devastating nuclear ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Edgar Harrell, the last surviving Marine of the USS Indianapolis, died Saturday at the age of 96. "Ed was beloved among the group, and traveled the world sharing the story of his ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This week marks 80 years since the attack on the USS Indianapolis, which the Navy says had just finished delivering the parts of the atomic bomb that helped end World War II. The ...