INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – More than a dozen men who survived the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history _ the World War II sinking of the USS Indianapolis _ have gathered in the cruiser’s namesake city ...

INDIANAPOLIS — 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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Survivors of one of the final Naval tragedies of World War II gathered this weekend to honor hundreds of crewmates from the USS Indianapolis who were killed when their ship was ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Serving aboard the USS Indianapolis in 1945, Seaman James Smith was sent to the brig for five days for leaving the ship to visit a girlfriend. What would happen next would make ...

INDIANAPOLIS - It has been 60 years since the USS Indianapolis went down in shark-infested waters. But the memory of the sinking of the ship, with the loss of 880 shipmates, is still fresh in the ...

Eighty years ago today, the USS Indianapolis went down in 12 minutes after being struck by two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine. Why it matters: The attack on the cruiser, which was named in honor ...

The lore of the USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser assigned to Task Force 54, began when the gray lady saw extensive action before the invasion of Okinawa during March 1945 that resulted in the downing ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This week marks 80 years since the attack on the USS Indianapolis, which the Navy says had just finished delivering the parts of the atomic bomb that helped end World War II. The ...

Selected for a top-secret mission that would forever seal its fate, the USS Indianapolis transported vital components for one of the two atomic bombs the United States would eventually drop on Japan—a ...