SkipCaptcha, Automoderated users, edit
3,266
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
mLine 1:
Line 1: − The Naval History and Heritage Command web resource declares:+
Do all four of you use that funny sentence structure? I've been trying for years to get you to stop.
[[File:USS Indianapolis.jpg|thumbnail|300px|USS Indianapolis]]
[[File:USS Indianapolis.jpg|thumbnail|300px|USS Indianapolis]]
According to the web site of the Naval History and Heritage Command:
{{Cquote|The loss of '''USS Indianapolis''' (CA-35) was a tragic moment following the completion of a secret mission that directly contributed to the end of World War II. After a successful high-speed run to deliver atomic bomb components to Tinian, the decorated Portland-class cruiser continued to Guam. Indianapolis was en route from Guam to Leyte when she was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-58 within the first hour of 30 July 1945.<ref>[https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/disasters-and-phenomena/indianapolis.html The Saga of a Ship and Its Crew], ''Naval History and Heritage Command''</ref>}}
{{Cquote|The loss of '''USS Indianapolis''' (CA-35) was a tragic moment following the completion of a secret mission that directly contributed to the end of World War II. After a successful high-speed run to deliver atomic bomb components to Tinian, the decorated Portland-class cruiser continued to Guam. Indianapolis was en route from Guam to Leyte when she was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-58 within the first hour of 30 July 1945.<ref>[https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/disasters-and-phenomena/indianapolis.html The Saga of a Ship and Its Crew], ''Naval History and Heritage Command''</ref>}}