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621 South Belvidere Street
Richmond, VA 23220 Get Directions
Richmond, VA 23220 Get Directions
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Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
Virginia War Memorial 621 South Belvidere Street, Richmond, VAAt 15 minutes after midnight, two blinding explosions ripped open the bow of the USS Indianapolis, plunging it beneath the waters of the Pacific approximately 300 miles north of Peleliu. The date was Monday, July 30, 1945, and the former flagship of Admiral Spruance of the 5th Fleet had been sunk by a Japanese submarine ...
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