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  2. USS Indianapolis (CA-35) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. File:USS Indianapolis (CA-35) underway at sea, in 1943-1944 ...

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    Usage on ar.wikipedia.org يو إس إس إنديانابوليس (سي أي-35) Usage on cs.wikipedia.org Třída Portland; Srpen 2017; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Charles Butler McVay III; Usage on pl.wikipedia.org USS Indianapolis (CA-35)

  4. USS Indianapolis - Wikipedia

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    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. USS Indianapolis (LCS-17) is a Freedom-class littoral ...

  5. List of maritime disasters in World War II - Wikipedia

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    USS Liscome Bay – was an escort carrier that was lost to a submarine attack in Operation Galvanic on 24 November. Of the 916 crew aboard, 644 were killed and 272 rescued. 644 Navy 1944 United States: USS LST-531 – In a D-Day training exercise named Exercise Tiger on 28 April LST-531 was torpedoed and sunk by German E-boats. Of 926 troops ...

  6. Charles B. McVay III - Wikipedia

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    Charles Butler McVay III was born in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, on August 31, 1898, to a Navy family. [2] His father, Charles Butler McVay Jr. (1868–1949), commanded the tender Yankton during the cruise of the Great White Fleet (1907–1909), was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War I, and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Asiatic Fleet in the early 1930s.

  7. Japanese submarine I-58 (1943) - Wikipedia

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    I-58 was a Japanese B3 type cruiser submarine [2] that served in the final year of World War II.Her only significant wartime success came with a conventional torpedo attack upon USS Indianapolis on 30 July 1945.

  8. Portland-class cruiser - Wikipedia

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    [3] [13] Portland was laid down by Bethlehem Steel at Quincy Shipyard on 17 February 1930, and Indianapolis was laid down by New York Shipbuilding Corporation on 31 March 1930. [5] [14] The hull and machinery of both ships was provided by their respective builders. [3] Indianapolis was launched first, on 7 November 1931 and commissioned on 15 ...

  9. Ocean of Fear - Wikipedia

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    It recounts the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. The show initially aired on July 29, 2007, on the eve of the anniversary of the ship’s sinking in 1945. [1] The show investigated the shark attacks that occurred when the USS Indianapolis sank. Hundreds of crew that survived were stranded in the water for four days before rescue.