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U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS MEMORIAL FRONT

U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS MEMORIAL FRONT
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Listing Details

Report

Location: CANAL WALK

City: INDIANAPOLIS

State: Indiana

Zip Code: 46202

Type of Memorial: War Memorials

Year Dedicated: 1995

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II

Photograph By: MINGUSBOODLE

AFTER DELIVERING CRITICAL PARTS FOR THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN THE SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK. FOUR DAYS LATER SURVIVORS WERE RETRIEVED FROM THE SEA. OF THE 1,196 CREWMEN ONLY 317 SAILORS SURVIVED. THIS LEAD TO THE SINGLE GREATEST LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA IN THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. NAVY. THE INDIANAPOLIS WAS THE LAST MAJOR U.S NAVY SHIP SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION IN WORLD WAR II.
SEE ALSO-U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS MEMORIAL PANELS A, B, & C
SEE ALSO-U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS MEMORIAL PLAQUES A & B
SEE ALSO-U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS MEMORIAL BACK


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