At least 300 sailors went down with the Portland-class heavy cruiser. The warship was tasked with delivering parts of Little Boy, the first nuclear weapon used in combat, to an Army Air Force crew ...

Nothing to eat. And yet he went on.” Lt. Thomas Conway Conway and his shipmates were serving aboard Portland-class heavy cruiser Indianapolis when it was struck by Japanese torpedoes on July 30 ...

November 7, 1931 - The USS Indianapolis was launched. The Portland-class heavy cruiser was 610 feet, 3 inches long and displaced 9,950 tons. The Indianapolis carried a main battery of nine 8 ...

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.

The USS Indianapolis was a Portland-class heavy cruiser. Since the high-speed cruiser could make 32.7 knots, or 37.6 miles per hour, it was chosen to carry parts and nuclear materials for the ...