THE heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis had raced across the Pacific with components of the first atomic bomb. But two torpedoes ...

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35). Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. On July 30, 1945, USS Indianapolis got hit by a Japanese torpedo. It ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A solemn annual ceremony is set to return to Indianapolis this week as the city pauses to remember the sinking of a ship that shared its name. The USS Indianapolis CA 35 was a ...

Though shark attacks are incredibly rare, they remain a subject of genuine terror. After all, people don’t like to think about being anywhere but at the very top of ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Navy Seaman 2nd Class George David Payne was just 17 years old when a Japanese submarine torpedoed his ship in the last weeks of World War II, sinking the vessel and killing him along ...

July 29 marked 80 years since the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. It was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank in minutes in shark-infested waters. Of the 1,196 men on board, only 316 survived.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On July 30, 1945, 879 heroes aboard the USS Indianapolis were killed in action and lost at sea, marking the greatest loss of life from a combatant ship during World War II.

SIGONELLA, Sicily (NNS) -- In remembrance of the trials and tribulations of the crew of USS Indianapolis (CA 35), a group of 10 Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella Sailors plunged into the NAS II pool ...