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model kits Search USS Indianapolis (CA-35) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For other ships of the same name, see USS Indianapolis . This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (April 2009) Indianapolis at Pearl Harbor in 1937 Career (United States) Name: USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Laid down: March 31, 1930 Launched: November 7, 1931 Commissioned: November 15, 1932 Honors and awards: 10 Battle Stars Fate: Sunk on July 30, 1945 by Japanese submarine I-58 . About 900 of 1,196 crewmen survived the initial impact of the torpedoes. By the time they were rescued only 321 remained, four of whom soon died. General characteristics Class and type: Portland -class cruiser Displacement: 9,800 long tons (10,000 t) Length: 610 ft (190 m) Beam: 66 ft (20 m) Draft: 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) Propulsion: 8 × White-Foster boilers , single reduction geared turbines, 107,000 shp (80,000 kW) Speed: 32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h) Complement: 629 officers and enlisted (peace), 1,269 officers and men (wartime) Armament: 9 × 8 in (200 mm)/55 cal guns (3x3) 8 × 5 in (130 mm)/25 cal AA guns [1 ] 8 × .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns Aircraft carried: 2 × OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a Portland -class cruiser of the United States Navy . She holds a place in history due to the circumstances of her sinking, which led to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy. On 30 July 1945, shortly after delivering critical parts for the first atomic bomb to be used in combat to the United States air base at Tinian , the ship was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 , sinking in 12 minutes. Of 1,196 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. The remaining crew of 880 men faced exposure , dehydration and shark attacks as they waited for assistance 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 PV-1 Ventura on routine patrol. Only 317 sailors survived. [2 ] Indianapolis was the last major U.S. Navy ship sunk by enemy action in World War II . Contents [ hide ] 1 Construction and early service 2 World War II 2.1 1942 2.2 1943 2.3 1944 2.4 1945 2.4.1 Loss 2.5 Navy failure to learn of the sinking 3 Awards 4 The wreck 5 Museum 6 Memorial 7 Popular culture 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links [ edit ] Construction and early service The second ship named for Indianapolis, Indiana , she was laid down on 31 March 1930 by New York Shipbuilding , Camden, New Jersey ; launched on 7 November 1931 (sponsored by Miss Lucy Taggart, daughter of the late Senator Thomas Taggart , a former mayor of Indianapolis); and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 November 1932, Captain John M. Smeallie in command. Indianapolis in 1939 Following shakedown in the Atlantic and Guantánamo Bay until 23 February 1932, Indianapolis trained in the Panama Canal Zone and in the Pacific off the Chilean coast. After overhaul at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the heavy cruiser sailed to Maine to embark President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Campobello Island , in the Canadian province of New Brunswick , on 1 July 1933. Getting underway the same day, Indianapolis arrived at Annapolis, Maryland two days later where she entertained six members of the Cabinet . After disembarking the President, she departed Annapolis on 4 July, and returned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Indianapolis acted as flagship for the remainder of her peacetime career, and again welcomed President Roosevelt at Charleston, South Carolina , on 18 November 1936 for a "Good-Neighbor" cruise to South America . After carrying President Roosevelt to Rio de Janeiro , Buenos Aires , and Montevideo for state visits, she returned to Charleston on 15 December where the presidential party left the ship. ... read more

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