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| Title | U.S.S. Indianapolis |
| Owning Institution | Indiana Historical Society |
| Item ID | M0783_BOX3_FOLDER30_INDIANAPOLIS |
| Description | The cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis delivered critical components of the atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima to Tinian in the Marianas Islands. Three days after it left, on July 30, 1945, the ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine; of the 1, 200 men aboard, only 316 lived to be rescued after five days in shark-infested waters. |
| Subject | Indianapolis (Cruiser)
Military facilities
World War, 1939-1945
United States Navy Pacific Fleet
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean
World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations, American
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| Date | 1940s |
| Time Period | 1940s (1940-1949)
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| Geographic Location | Pacific Ocean
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| Source Collection Name | Douglas E. Clanin World War II Oral History Collection, 1944-2002 |
| Source Collection Number | M0783 |
| Digital Collection Name | WWII Materials |
| Digital Collection Number | ww2 |
| Destination Indiana | Destination Indiana World War II–Hoosiers in the Pacific |
| Format of Original | Photograpic print, b&w, 8 x 10 |
| Digital Format | JP2000 |
| Resolution | 600 ppi |
| Copyright Notice | Digital Image © 2010 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
