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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.
USS Indianapolis (CA-35), a Portland-class cruiser, delivered components of Little Boy, the first nuclear weapon used in combat, to the US Air Army Air Force base on Tinian island. Upon completion of this secret mission, it was sunk on 30 July 1945 by the Imperial Japanese Navy, leading to the worst loss of life at sea in U.S. Navy history.
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