HONOLULU (AP) — Navy Seaman 2nd Class George David Payne was just 17 years old when a Japanese submarine torpedoed his ship in the last weeks of World War II, sinking the vessel and killing him along ...
FREDERICKSBURG — The sinking of the USS Indianapolis by two torpedoes launched from an Imperial Japanese navy submarine in the waning days of World War II was the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval ...
INDIANAPOLIS — July 29 marked 80 years since the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. It was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank in minutes in shark-infested waters. Of the 1,196 men on board, only ...