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.

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 ...

The Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser and flagship of the 5th ... The USS Indianapolis was a Portland-class cruiser that commissioned in 1932. About 610 feet long and a beam of about 66 feet, the ...