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USS Indianapolis CA-35 Portland Class Cruiser Operational history 1929 February 13 - "Cruiscr Bill" became law, authorizing Portland, New Orleans, and Brooklyn Class Cruiscrs. August 15 - Contract signed by New York Shipbuilding Company. to build cruiser #35. December - Navy Department formally named cruiser #35 as USS Indianapol is.

1930

November 9 - Back in Pacific Ocean at Long Beach, California for refit. Eight new 50 cal. machine guns were fitted.

1935 Partici pated in fleet war games in the Paci fico

1936 fullin.g - Active in Fleet Problem 18 off Panama. une 10 - Arrived in New York Navy Yard for scheduled overhaul. November 18 - Carried President F.D.R. on the "Good Neighbor" tour of South

March 31 - Keel laid as light cruiser at Camden, New Jersey by The New York Shipbuilding Co.

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America, including the Pan American Conference in Buenos Aires. Returned to Charleston, South Carolina December 15.

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Re-dcsignated as a hcavy cruiser. November 7 - Launched.

1932 November J5 - Commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard.

1933 ailed for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and shakedown cruise. February 23 - jVl...flL1 - In company with USS Babbitt DD-128, undergoes training excrciscs in thc Pacific, returned to Philadelphia Navy Yard for post shakedown yard service. !!lY...l - Cal ried President Franklin D.Roosevelt to US Naval Academy and later, bac"- to Philadelphia. September ti Carried C.A.Swanson, Secretary of the Navy, on inspection tour of Pacific bases. arriving at San Diego, California on October 27. November I Hccame flagship of Scouting Force, US Fleet.

1937 fullin.g - Returned to Long Beach, California and undertook wartime training exercises in the Pacific.

1938 Continued training exercises and in the fall, extcnsive gunnery practice on the firing range off Clemente Island.

1939 November - Entered Mare Island, California Naval Yard after having traveled over 215,000 miles since her commissioning.

1940 April - US Navy moved to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii as a dctcrrcnt to tensions between the United States and Japan.

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February 1 - US Fleet reformed into threc fleets: Atlantic, Pacific and Asiatic.

April 9 - After completing a series of naval manoeuvres in the Pacific, steamed for the Atlantic coast. May 31 - In New York for Prcsidential Review of US Fleet with President Roosevelt aboard.

December 7 - On bombarding exercises off Johnson Island, west of Hawaii. After Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, joi ned Task Force 12 ina futi Ie search to find the attacking Japanese carrier force.

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anuary - March - Operated in South Pacific, including Rabaul and Port Moresby and returned to United States in spring for refit. April - May - Underwent extensive refit at Mare Island, California with additional single 20mm. mounts and new quad 1.1 in. mounts installed. une - Escorted convoy to Australia then returned to the North Pacific. ill - Joined Aleutians Fleet Force in defending Aleutians Islands after Japanese invasion. Shelled Kiska Island. September - October - Returned to United States for refit and overhaul. December - Refitted again, with addition of 20mm single mounts and 1.1 in. quad mounts. New secondary gun directors fitted along with fire control radar systems.

anuary 14 - Joined Task Force 58 off Japan and participated in Allied carrier strikes against the Japanese homeland.

1943 - Returned to Aleutian Islands to support Allied landings against Japanese held islands. February 19 - Intercepted Japanese cargo ship Akagane Maru. Enemy ship blew up with massive force after hits from main battery. April - May - Returned to Mare Island, California Naval Yard for refit. Additional 20mm guns fitted. All 1.1 in. quad. mounts were replaced with new twin and quad 40mm. mounts. oyember - December - Bombarded Island of Tarawa prior to Allied landing. Confirmed enemy plane shot down.

1944 anuary 31 - Bombarded Kawajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. March - April - Participated in raid on Palau Islands. Confirmed second enemy plane splashed. May - Received "crazy quilt" dazzle camouflage paint scheme while undergoing refit at San Francisco, California. une - Became part of bombarding force against Tinian, Saipan and Guam (see page 40). Hit by enemy 120mm shell which failed to explode. une 19 - Participated in Battle of Philippine Sea. Confirmed enemy torpedo bomber downed. une 23 - Returned to Saipan for additional shore bombardment. July 24 - Contributed fire support for the Allied landing on Tinian Island. July 29 - Becomes the first Allied ship to enter Guam since the start of the war. September - Shelled Palau and Admiralty Islands. October - Returned to Mare Island, California for overhaul and additional refitting. The two twin 40mm mounts on her fantail were replaced with quad 40mm mounts and new fire control radar added. Repainted with Measure 22 (false horizon) and returned to Pearl Harbor.

February 20 - Arrived off Iwo Jima to again provide fire support. Rejoined Task Force 58 afterward. February 25 - Stationed south of the Japanese mainland to furnish cover for carrier stri kes agai nst Tokyo. March 14 - Joined fast carrier force to strike at southern Japanese islands of Kyushu and Honshu. March 24 - Took part in seven day pre-invasion bombardment of Okinawa. Confirmed eight enemy planes shot down. March 31 - Hit by Japanese kamikaze plane: aircraft's bomb penetrated ship and exploded under hull, causing severe damage. Nine men killed. Steamed under own power to Mare Island, arrived late April. May - June - Underwent repairs, fitted with the latest radar. 20mm singles replaced by twin 20mm with electronic gun sights. Starboard catapult removed and new Curtiss Seahawks replaced old SOC Seagulls. July 15 - Took on secret cargo and personnel at Hunters Point Navy Yard, San Francisco, California. July 16 - Sailed for Pearl Harbor at average 29 knots in record 74.5 hour trip. After replenishing, sailed for island of Tinian, arrived July 26 to unload secret cargo and personnel. uly 28 - Left Guam unescorted for island of Leyte. July 30 - At 12: 14 AM, takes two torpedo hits from Japanese submarine I-58; one near the bow, the other in machinery spaces. In 12 minutes, sinks by the bow stranding approximately 800 of her 1200 man crew in the ocean. August 2 - Navy PV-I Ventura spotted debris and survivors over a 20 mile area. August 3 - 316 survivors rescued. August 6 - "Secret cargo" dropped by the B-29 "Enola Gay" on Japanese city of Hiroshima, destroying most of five square mile area. September 2 - Japan signed surrender documents on board USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending Second World War.

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April 18, 1942 - Two recently installed 20111111 mounts and their shielding on the bow of the Indianapolis. Compare this photo with the one on page J6.

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1m April 18, 1942 - Mare Island, California, One of two recently installed single 20rnm 1110unts on the bow. The perforated platform inside the gun tub permilled maximum gun depression when stood upon. Other new additions include the two single 20111111. mounts on top of bridge and the numerous life rafts strapped onto the turrets.

Ii prill8, 1942 - Six, quad 1.lin. guns werejilled, two on both sides of the bridge at the 01 level. Ship in the immediate back8rollnd is an Omaha class cruiser with a Pensacola c/C/.\'.I crt/tIer and another Omaha just beyond. The sudden Iltry of the US into IVaI' had shipyards filled to capacity lrelll.ljorlllinH the peacetime US fleets into a fighting navy.

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Another photo taken after her December, 1942 refit alld overhaul showing afresh coat of Sea Blue (5-S). Her boat compliment has been reduced to a pair of 26ft motor whaleboats abreast the aft superstructurefonvard of turret #3.

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May 2, 1943, Mare Island, California - USS Indianapolis leaving port after refit and overhaul. Recent changes include an enlarged aft superstructure, further enclosure of the #2 funnel and a towering new mainmast built over the the #2 funnel to support new radar.

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May /, /944, San Francisco, California - Back in port for refitting. Among other additions, she receives a camouflage paint scheme, Measure 3217D. The "da::le" camouflage was intended to break up the ships profile making her si:e and speed difficult 10 determine.

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May 1, 1944, San Francisco, California - The outboard wings of the Seagulls are folded in storage posilion 10 avoid damage dock side. Even Ihe 40111112 mounl under Ihe bridge was painted 10 malch the Measure 3217D camouflage.

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May, /944 - After leaving San Francisco, CA-35 will proceed to the South Pacific again to participate in the bombardment against Guarll, Siapan and Tinian.

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June i5, i944 - USS indianapolis shelling aipan with an unidentified bartleship (beyond "indy's" forward salvo). During this action she was hit by a i201l1111 shell from an Japanese shore ballery, which fortunately failed to explode. The island of Tinian is in the background left.

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December 7, 1944, Mare Island, California - Back al porI for another refit. She has loSI her Measure 3217D paint scheme in favor of Measure 22 (false horizon). The platform beneath the forward tripod director has been enlarged. with splinter shielding added.

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December 1944 - View of midship section showing huge hanger area under the upper 5 in. gun deck. Hanger doors operated accordion style. The double white circle aft of #2 funnel shows the new 8 in. gun director.

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July 12, 1945, Mare Island - "Indy" is back for major damage repairji-orn a kamakazi crash on March 31. Further modernization efforts are also carried out. Warship in background is a Cleveland class light cruiser.

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July 12, 1945 - One of the last pholOgraphs taken of the Indianapolis. Leaving soon for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, she will ferry "secret cargo" and personnel to their final destination on Tinian Island. This mission delivered the components for the atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.

July, 1945 - Another view showing how the Ilew Seahawk float planes are stowed inside their hanger. The starboard catapult and tower have been rem.oved to help reduce excessive weight, caused by three & half years of additions and increased allti-aircraft fire power.

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CHANGES IN STERN ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPONS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

IN EARLY 1942 INDIANAPOLIS RECEIVED A PAIR OF SINGLE 20mm GUNS & SHIELDING

BY LATE 1942 THE SINGLE 20mm GUNS HAD BEEN REPLACED BY A PAIR OF QUAD 1.1 in. MOUNTS, DIRECTORS & NEW SHIELDING

IN MID 1943 THE QUAD 1.1 IN. MOUNTS WERE REPLACED BY A PAIR OFTWIN 40mm MOUNTS & DIRECTORS

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Displacement light ship 9,315 standard 11,180 full load - 1932 12,776 1942 13,767 1945 15,002

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Aircraft Vought 03U Corsair (5) Curtiss SOC Seagull (4) Cu rtiss SC -1 Seahawk (3)

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