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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: USS Indianapolis, USS Akron, Japanese aircraft carrier Ry j, USS Wakefield, Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi, USCGC Sea Cloud, German cruiser Deutschland, SS Monterey, Finnish coastal defence ship Ilmarinen, Japanese destroyer Sazanami, SS President Coolidge, French submarine Rubis, SS Uhenfels, HMCS Assiniboine, SS Rex, Amerigo Vespucci, USS Talamanca, SS Mariposa, John H Amos, HMCS St. Laurent, Japanese minelayer Yaeyama, HMS Comet, HMS Crescent, HMS Hilary, USS Hilo, HMCS Ottawa, Jadran, RMS Georgic, RMS Strathaird, USS Albatross, USS John Penn, HMS Kempenfelt, HMS Crusader, SS Manhattan, USS Rochambeau, SS City of Milwaukee, JRM Dubrovnik, MV Savarona, John J. Harvey, HMCS Restigouche, HMS Cygnet, Chinese cruiser Ping Hai, Chinese cruiser Ning Hai, Scottish Highlander, SS Conte di Savoia, USS Bluebird, Italian cruiser Luigi Cadorna, USS Edward Rutledge, SS Champlain, Bluebird of Chelsea, Yasoshima, French destroyer Maille Breze, Spanish cruiser Canarias, Italian cruiser Pola, USS Felicia, Chinese cruiser Yat Sen, USS Venture, USS Amethyst, HMS Challenger, MV Moonta, HMS Swordfish, Soviet submarine L-3, RMS Strathnaver, Finnish submarine Iku-Turso, SS Devanha, Greek destroyer Kountouriotis, Greek destroyer Hydra, Italian cruiser Fiume, RMS Corfu, RMS Carthage, USS Persistent, Italian destroyer Strale, USS Puritan, HMCS Raccoon, List of ship launches in 1931, French submarine Amazone, French aviso Dumont d'Urville, French aviso Savorgnan de Brazza, United States lightship LV-117, French aviso Bougainville, French aviso D'Entrecasteaux. Excerpt: USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a Portland-class cruiser of the United States Navy. She holds a place in history due to the circumstances of her sinking, which led to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy. On 30 July 1945, shortly after delivering...