USS Indianapolis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
light cruiser
gptkbp:armament 8 × 5 in guns
9 × 8 in guns
12 × 21 in torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards 10 battle stars
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
Battle of Iwo Jima
gptkbp:beam 66 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:casualties approximately 300 died in sinking, 600 died awaiting rescue
gptkbp:causeOfSinking torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-58
gptkbp:class light cruiser
gptkbp:commandingOfficerAtSinking gptkb:Charles_B._McVay_III
gptkbp:commissioned 1932
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,196
gptkbp:decommissioned N/A (sunk in action)
gptkbp:displacement 9,950 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:film_'Jaws'_(monologue)
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Indianapolis
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CA-35
gptkbp:launched 1931
gptkbp:length 610 feet
gptkbp:locationSunk gptkb:Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:USS_Indianapolis_National_Memorial
gptkbp:mission delivered components of the first atomic bomb to Tinian
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Indianapolis,_Indiana
gptkbp:notableCast gptkb:Charles_B._McVay_III
Hunter Scott (researcher, not crew, but notable for exoneration efforts)
gptkbp:notableEvent worst single loss of life at sea in US Navy history
gptkbp:notableFor delivering atomic bomb components
tragic loss and shark attacks
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Portland
gptkbp:speed 32.7 knots
gptkbp:status wreck
gptkbp:sunkBy July 30, 1945
gptkbp:survived 316
gptkbp:type light cruiser
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode gptkb:CA-35
gptkbp:wreckDiscovered August 19, 2017
Paul Allen's expedition
gptkbp:wreckLocation Philippine Sea, 5,500 meters deep
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5