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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.
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
America, including the Pan American Conference in Buenos Aires. Returned to
Charleston, South Carolina December 15.
1930
March
31 -
Keel laid as light cruiser at Camden, New Jersey by The New York
Shipbuilding Co.
1931
.IJ!lY.1-
Re-dcsignated as a hcavy cruiser.
November 7 - Launched.
1937
fullin.g -
Returned to Long Beach, California and undertook wartime training
exercises in the Pacific.
1932
November J5 - Commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard.
1938
Continued training exercises and in the fall, extcnsive gunnery practice on the
firing range off Clemente Island.
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.
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.
1941
February
1 -
US Fleet reformed into threc fleets: Atlantic, Pacific and Asiatic.
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.
1934
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.
II
1942
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 addi-
tional 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.
1945
anuary
14 -
Joined Task Force 58 off Japan and participated in Allied carrier
strikes against the Japanese homeland.
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.
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 undergo-
ing 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 refit-
ting. 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.

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