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USS Indianapolis (CA-35): From Presidential Cruiser, to Delivery of the Atomic Bombs, to Tragic Sinking? In WWII (Hardcover)
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USS Indianapolis (CA-35): From Presidential Cruiser, to Delivery of the Atomic Bombs, to Tragic Sinking? In WWII (Hardcover)
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Despite the limitations of the Washington Naval Treaty, USS
Indianapolis was an imposing warship. She was widely used by US
dignitaries in the 1930s, including President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, who sailed aboard the ship many times. After the
outbreak of World War II, she saw service near Alaska before moving
into waters nearer the Japanese home islands. There, she was struck
by a kamikaze and forced to return to the US for repairs. Upon
completion of the repairs, Indianapolis was selected to transport
components of the "Little Boy" atomic bomb from mainland US to
Tinian in the Marianas Islands. On the return journey, she was
torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine, becoming the last large
warship lost by the US during World War II. Delay in the mission to
recover surviving crew resulted in the largest loss of life aboard
a single ship at sea in US Navy history. The sinking of
Indianapolis remains surrounded in controversy, and the wreck was
not located until 2017.
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