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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.
In 1931, CA-32, CA-34, and CA-36, all ordered with Westinghouse machinery, were converted to the New Orleans class. [ 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.
In 2017, researchers discovered the wreckage of the USS Indianapolis at 18,000 feet below the Philippine Sea. News of the discovery came from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who led a 13-person ...
English: The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) underway at sea between May 1943 and May 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 21. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 21. Date
Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department respond to an armed suspect who brandished a gun at an officers, in the 5000 block of West Raymond Street, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.
A huge search is underway for a Georgia teacher last seen more than a week ago celebrating his 50th birthday on a fishing boat with his fiancée — who was found dead in the lake the next day.
Joseph Kimbrew, Indianapolis' first African-American fire chief [20] Graham E. Martin, Naval officer and Educator [21] [22] Norris Overton, Brigadier General in the United States Air Force [23] Paul Parks, civil engineer and public servant [24] Joseph W. Summers, politician [25] Charles A. Walton, lawyer and Indiana state legislator [26]
August 14, 2024 at 6:35 PM. Three people were injured, including two teens, in a multi-vehicle wreck in Wakulla County Wednesday afternoon. The wreck, involving three cars and a pickup truck ...