USS Indianapolis (CA-35)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
Portland-class heavy cruiser
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
8 × 5 in guns
9 × 8 in guns
gptkbp:awards 10 battle stars
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
Battle of Iwo Jima
gptkbp:beam 66 ft 1 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:casualties 879
gptkbp:causeOfSinking Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-58
gptkbp:class light cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 15 November 1932
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,196
gptkbp:decommissioned N/A (sunk in action)
gptkbp:displacement 9,950 tons
gptkbp:draught 21 ft
gptkbp:fate Sunk by enemy action
gptkbp:featuredIn Film 'Jaws' (monologue)
Film 'USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage'
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CA-35
gptkbp:launched 7 November 1931
gptkbp:length 610 ft 3 in
gptkbp:locationSunk gptkb:Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:USS_Indianapolis_National_Memorial
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Indianapolis,_Indiana
gptkbp:notableEvent Delivered components of the first atomic bomb to Tinian
gptkbp:notableFor Worst loss of life at sea in US Navy history
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:speed 32.7 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 30 July 1945
gptkbp:survived 316
gptkbp:wreckDiscovered Paul Allen's expedition
19 August 2017
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:light_cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5