Or that its sinking would precipitate the worst sea disaster in the U.S. Navy’s history. No one dreamed that Indianapolis would be at sea at all, the war being almost over. On March 31, 1945
Many didn’t speak about their ordeal for a long time, but now, 70 years later, survivors gather for a reunion in downtown Indianapolis to reconnect and remember. At the ages of 88 to 93, the survivors have vowed to continue coming back to honor their shipmates until the last one is left.
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INDIANAPOLIS — There are three USS Indianapolis survivors remaining after the death of Navy sailor who survived the sinking of the ship. Adolfo “Harpo” Celaya died on Thanksgiving at 94 years old. According to the official USS Indianapolis Facebook page, Celaya joined the Navy at 17 years old, boarding the ship in 1944.
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Watch on. Following the ship’s sinking, the next task at hand for Twible and his shipmates was survival on the open sea. Many of the crew, including Twible, had been wounded during the torpedo explosions, some grievously. “Everybody was scared to death,” he said. “These were all 18- and 19-year-old kids.”.
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How Many Survivors Are Left From The Uss Indianapolis
Watch on. Following the ship’s sinking, the next task at hand for Twible and his shipmates was survival on the open sea. Many of the crew, including Twible, had been wounded during the torpedo explosions, some grievously. “Everybody was scared to death,” he said. “These were all 18- and 19-year-old kids.”. This month marks the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. Navy’s second-most-deadly warship loss of World War II: the July 30, 1945, sinking of heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) by a Japanese submarine. With a casualty roster of 880, the tragedy bookends the war, with the loss of 1,177 on USS Arizona (BB-39) at Pearl Harbor the other — and
Indianapolis, frequent flagship of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, sank on 30 July 1945 in the middle of the Philippine Sea after being struck by a pair of Japanese torpedoes. Two long-standing mysteries surrounding the loss were the true number of men who sailed on the ship’s final voyage and how many of them survived her sinking.
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Indianapolis, frequent flagship of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, sank on 30 July 1945 in the middle of the Philippine Sea after being struck by a pair of Japanese torpedoes. Two long-standing mysteries surrounding the loss were the true number of men who sailed on the ship’s final voyage and how many of them survived her sinking.
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Or that its sinking would precipitate the worst sea disaster in the U.S. Navy’s history. No one dreamed that Indianapolis would be at sea at all, the war being almost over. On March 31, 1945
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INDIANAPOLIS — There are three USS Indianapolis survivors remaining after the death of Navy sailor who survived the sinking of the ship. Adolfo “Harpo” Celaya died on Thanksgiving at 94 years old. According to the official USS Indianapolis Facebook page, Celaya joined the Navy at 17 years old, boarding the ship in 1944.
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The exact number of men who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) has been for decades a small controversy—small, that is, unless you were the forgotten man. In 1945, the Navy concluded 316 men survived the Indianapolis ‘s final voyage. The survivors themselves, however, were adamant that 317 sailors, Marines, and officers lived.
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Watch on. Following the ship’s sinking, the next task at hand for Twible and his shipmates was survival on the open sea. Many of the crew, including Twible, had been wounded during the torpedo explosions, some grievously. “Everybody was scared to death,” he said. “These were all 18- and 19-year-old kids.”.
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This month marks the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. Navy’s second-most-deadly warship loss of World War II: the July 30, 1945, sinking of heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) by a Japanese submarine. With a casualty roster of 880, the tragedy bookends the war, with the loss of 1,177 on USS Arizona (BB-39) at Pearl Harbor the other — and
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Many didn’t speak about their ordeal for a long time, but now, 70 years later, survivors gather for a reunion in downtown Indianapolis to reconnect and remember. At the ages of 88 to 93, the survivors have vowed to continue coming back to honor their shipmates until the last one is left.
The exact number of men who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) has been for decades a small controversy—small, that is, unless you were the forgotten man. In 1945, the Navy concluded 316 men survived the Indianapolis ‘s final voyage. The survivors themselves, however, were adamant that 317 sailors, Marines, and officers lived.
