He was a sailor on the USS Indianapolis, which was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean war zone on July 30, 1945. Of the 1,196 crew members, only 316 survived. Four months later, the ship’s ...

The celebrated USS Indianapolis was nearly blown in half by two Japanese torpedoes and sunk on July 30, 1945, a tragedy that also stands as one of World War II's most harrowing survival stories.

The USS Indianapolis will sail again. Adm. Ricky Williamson announced Saturday night during a banquet for survivors of the warship lost during World War II that the Navy will give the city's name ...

USS Indianapolis , shown here completing acceptance trials, was recently outfitted with C-UAS capabilities. (Lockheed Martin) Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Indianapolis (LCS 17 ...

At the time, 19-year-old seaman Loel Dean Cox was aboard the USS Indianapolis, a survivor of the tragic event who later ...