After completing a mission key of the war, the USS Indianapolis was sunk in the Pacific. What followed was a nightmare from ...

Richard Paroubek survived the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis 80 years ago this month. He shared his story with CBS 6 in ...

The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.

The USS Indianapolis sinking started out as an obscure story. Over time, it has become well known through books, films and popular culture. I grew up with the story, with my grandfather talking ...

USS Indianapolis was one of two Portland-class heavy cruisers. Commissioned in 1931, it was by all accounts a fine ship. It was the flagship of the US Navy's Scouting Force in 1933 and carried ...

The USS Indianapolis delivered them to the island of Tinian on July 26, 1945. Then the ship headed for Guam, where the captain was ordered to travel , unescorted, to the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines.

USS Indianapolis Paul Allen For four and a half days, they waded in shark-infested waters. "A shark would be coming through the group and he would take someone fairly close to you," Harrell said.

SEATTLE, Aug. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Wreckage from the USS Indianapolis was discovered on Aug. 18 by the expedition crew of Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel, which is owned by Microsoft co-founder ...

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage, starring Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage, began filming last month. Another project, still in development, would involve Robert Downey Jr., ...

A man whose uncle died while aboard the USS Indianapolis during World War II is searching for 12 Colorado families who survived or were lost at sea when the warship was torpedoed and sunk in 1945.

USS Indianapolis in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1937. US Navy Photo. Seventy-two years after two torpedoes fired from a Japanese submarine sank cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35), the ship’s wreckage ...