Last living USS Indianapolis survivor turns 99
By: Claire Barrett | Published: 2026-06-15 16:51:01 | Source: www.militarytimes.com
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Just after midnight on Monday, July 30, 1945, the first Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS Indianapolis’s starboard bow. Then another.
Within 12 minutes, the heavy cruiser sank — taking hundreds of its crew with it.
Only 316 men of the original 1,195 were alive, making the sinking the greatest loss of life at sea in American military history. Among those 316 sailors was Seaman Second…
