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	Search results for USS    Refine your search Subject United States Navy Pac... (23) Indianapolis (Cruiser) (19) Ships (19) Naval Warfare (18) United States Navy -- ... (18) Show more... Date 1941-12-07 (2) 1945 (2) 1945-09-02 (2) 1996 (2) 1941 (1) Show more... Creator Carver, Grover Mcvay, ... (1) Grover Carver (1) Herbert J Miner (1) Joe Klaus (1) Kenley M Lanter, sr (1) Show more... results 1-20 of 27 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. U.S.S. Indianapolis Refueling at Sea Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean Foreground: USS Essex (CV-9); Left to right: USS Indianapolis (CA-35), USS Atascosa (AO-66), USS Hank (DD-702). Background: Left to right: USS New Jersey (BB-62) and an unidentified Destroyer. 2. Grover Carver Letters Regarding the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American Carver gives a detailed description of the ship's sinking and his time in the water waiting to be rescued. 3. Resolution Honoring Hunter Scott Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Scott, Hunter; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States; McVay, Charles Butler, 3rd, 1898–1968 When Captain McVay was court-martialed, the USS Indianapolis survivors organized and worked to clear their captain. In 1996, 11 year-old Hunter Scott saw the film “Jaws” and heard the story of the... 4. In the Water Four Days Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Cruisers (Warships)--United States; Rescue work; Rescues The men were in the ocean for 4 days, many of them injured. They had almost no fresh water or food and endured hot days, cold nights, and ever present sharks. Some began hallucinating that they saw islands... 5. Sinking of the USS Arizona Battleships; Military facilities; World War, 1939-1945; United States Navy Pacific Fleet; Hawaii--Pearl Harbor On December 7, 1941, a date that President Franklin D. Roosevelt said would "live in infamy," the Empire of Japan attacked the American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands without a formal... 6. Program for Protestant Service, USS Washington, Christmas 1944 World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Navy; Christmas; Christmas carols; Military life; Religious aspects of war; Rites & ceremonies; Religious services; Washington (Battleship BB-56); United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945 A Christmas greeting from the crew of the USS Washington is on the back of the document. Inside is the program for the service that was held and the lyrics to the carols that were sung. 7. Robert P. Bunai Letter Regarding the Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American Bunai describes some of the battles the ship was in prior to July 25, 1945. He describes the secret cargo being loaded onto the ship with a Marine guard, and off loading it at Tinian. Bunai gives a fairly... 8. Captain Charles B. McVay, Letter Regarding His Court Martial Courts martial & courts of inquiry; Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American; McVay, Charles Butler, 3rd, 1898–1968 The letter was written to Allan H. Altschuler regarding a telegram he had sent to Captain McVay. 9. Melvin W. Modisher Letter Regarding the Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States; McVay, Charles Butler, 3rd, 1898–1968 Modisher testified at Captain McVay's court martial and feels the Captain should have been cleared of all charges. 10. Herbert J. Miner II Letter Regarding the Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American Miner recalls his last few minutes on the ship as a radio technician. He talks about what he attributes to his survival. 11. Louis H. Erwin Letters Regarding the Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American Erwin notes that while in the water he "pulled his life jacket down to sit on it and get his head up higher to keep waves out of my mouth." He mentions that the captain of the U.S.S. Cecil J. Doyle coming... 12. Paul W. McGinnis Letter Regarding the Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American McGinnis writes about the sinking that "Every time, like now, when I think of her, I can vividly visualize that final plunge into the deep and can see myself, in a life jacket, covered with fuel oil watching... 13. Kenley M. Lanter, Sr. Letter Regarding the Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States; McVay, Charles Butler, 3rd, 1898–1968 Lanter testified on behalf of Captain McVay at the court martial in Washington. "The Captain gave the Exec orders to pass along by word of mouth to abandon ship because he knew all power was off and the... 14. Joe Klaus Letter Regarding the Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American Klaus writes that the Captain's order to abandon ship was given by word of mouth since communications were completely knocked out. He thinks the first torpedo hit the aviation gas supply in the bow of... 15. Bill Drayton Letter Regarding the Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States Drayton writes about what happened to him when the ship was hit and why he believes Captain McVay was blamed for what happened. Of the ship he says: "I would like her to be remembered as the ship that... 16. Harold Wm. Daniel Letters Regarding the Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American Daniel describes some of the ship's war duties prior to July 25, 1945 and his experience when it was sunk. He describes what it was that helped him survive in the water while waiting to be rescued. 17. Edward J. Brown Letter Regarding the Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American Brown gives his service record and the actions the ship took part in prior to July 1945. He ends his letter with this: "I would like it known to all Historians and modern day Theorists that had we not... 18. Bernard B. Bateman Letters Regarding the Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Sailors--Correspondence; Shipwreck victims--Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations. American; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States; McVay, Charles Butler, 3rd, 1898–1968 In these two letters Bateman describes the sinking of the ship, time spent in the ocean, rescue, and Captain McVay's trial. 19. U.S.S. Indianapolis Silver Service Indianapolis (Cruiser); Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Silverwork At the ship’s launching party Lucy Taggart, daughter of a former mayor of Indianapolis, christened the ship’s bow with a bottle containing waters from the White River and Fall Creek, both of which... 20. Rescue! Indianapolis (Cruiser); Naval warfare; Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean; Ships; United States. Navy Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945; Cruisers (Warships)--United States; Rescue work; Rescues Lt. Wilbur Gwinn flying a routine patrol mission saw a black oil streak in the water. Flying lower he saw to his horror men “bobbing in the water like corks.” He radioed for help and Lt. Robert Marks... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 27 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next
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