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USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana.Launched in 1931, it was the flagship of the commander of Scouting Force 1 for eight years, then flagship for Admiral Raymond Spruance from 1943 to 1945 while he commanded the Fifth Fleet in battles across the Central Pacific during World War II.
Ordered for the U.S. Navy in fiscal year 1930, the Portland class was originally designated as a light cruiser, and given the hull classification symbol CL, being re-designated a heavy cruiser with the symbol CA on 1 July 1931, [3] due to their armament, in accordance with the London Naval Treaty.
USS Pensacola (CL/CA-24) USS Northampton (CL/CA-26) USS Astoria (CL/CA-34) USS Indianapolis (CL/CA-35) The first cruisers of the Pensacola, Northampton, New Orleans, and Portland classes – which were designed after the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, so quickly that the last design was complete before sea trial of the first were finished ...
USS Indianapolis (ID-3865) was a cargo ship commissioned 12 December 1918 and decommissioned 9 July 1919. USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1932 and sunk in July 1945. USS Indianapolis (SSN-697) was a Los Angeles-class attack submarine in service from 1980 to 1998.
Pages in category "Portland-class cruisers" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... USS Indianapolis (CA-35) P. USS Portland (CA-33)
2 Portland-class (c. 1930) heavy cruisers: [1] Portland, Indianapolis. Mk 9 (later Mk 14) guns in three 250-ton triple turrets; Indianapolis was sunk in July 1945; 7 New Orleans-class (c. 1931) heavy cruisers: 3 of 7: 294 ton triple turrets Astoria: Mk 9 guns (sunk in 08/1942) New Orleans: Mk 9 (later Mk 14) guns; Minneapolis: Mk 9 (later Mk 15 ...
USS Indianapolis was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy.She holds a place in history due to the notorious circumstances of her loss, which was the worst single at-sea loss of life in the history of the U.S. Navy.
HMS Frobisher, a Hawkins-class cruiser around which the Washington Naval Treaty limits for heavy cruisers were written. A heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches) in calibre, whose design parameters were dictated by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of ...