The Navy has changed the status of 13 World War II crew members of the ill-fated USS Indianapolis from “unaccounted for” to “buried at sea,” Navy officials announced this week.

US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis loads previsions before departure to the Pacific, April 14, 1937. AP Photo/DBJ USS Indianapolis was one of two Portland-class heavy cruisers.

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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.