USS Indianapolis correspondence, 1995-1996.

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USS Indianapolis correspondence, 1995-1996.

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The collection contains letters from 47 survivors (or their family members) of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. The letters concern the ship's sinking and Captain McVay's role in the disaster. Most letters are candid, and generally supportive of the captain's actions.

1 manuscript box.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7626616

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Indianapolis (Cruiser)

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The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was commissioned in 1932 and saw extensive combat duty in the South Pacific theater during World War II. After completing a secret mission delivering parts for the atom bomb in July 1945, the ship was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine. It was four days before all survivors were rescued, and only 316 of a crew of 1,196 survived. Captain Charles Butler McVay III was court martialed, but was granted clemency in February 1946. From the descript...

Mondor, Colleen Catherine

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Colleen Mondor, a student at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, solicited letters from survivors of the sinking of the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis as part of a research paper in 1995-1996. The USS Indianapolis saw combat duty in the South Pacific during World War II. The ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine on 26 July 1945, shortly after delivering parts for assemblage of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The ship's commandor, Captain Charles Butler McVay III (1898-1968...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...