It was sunk on July 30, 1945 by a torpedo from a Japanese sub. Of about 1000 that survived the sinking 317 were recovered, some being in the water for up to 5 days.
The USS Indianapolis was a Portland-class heavy cruiser. It carried the components for the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombing. It sunk when it was attacked by a submarine.
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) .
uss Indianapolis after delivering the atom bomb.
During World War II, the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese torpedo. The ship sank and oceanic whitetip sharks killed many of the men.
USS Indianapolis Museum was created in 2007.
USS Johnston ship
There are photos of the USS Aztec. It was not sunk by a German sub.
The USS Indianapolis sank after being hit by torpedoes launched from a Japanese mini-submarine.
One USN fleet carrier sunk (USS Lexington) and one destroyer sunk (USS Sims). One light IJN carrier sunk.
The submarine that sank the USS Indianapolis was the Japanese submarine I-58. On July 30, 1945, I-58 torpedoed the cruiser, which resulted in a catastrophic loss of life and the ship sinking. The sinking of the Indianapolis is one of the most notorious maritime disasters in U.S. Navy history.
Indianapolis
it had just dropped off the atomic bomb used on japan, mission was top secret, why naval response was so slow