Hunter Scott was a 12-year-old Ransom Middle School student whose National History Day project changed U.S. Navy history.
The USS Indianapolis CA 35 was a Portland-class heavy cruiser in the U.S. Navy that was struck by Japanese torpedoes while en route from Guam to the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines in July 1945.
The in-depth story of the USS Indianapolis Disaster. This week is about sharks: In the final days of WWII, the crew of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) faced a harrowing choice: Burn on their sinking ship ...