The Indianapolis Was the Flagship of the Fifth Fleet of the US Navy in the Pacific Ocean

Roosevelt selected it as his ship of state in 19 33, using it for maritime travel and diplomatic visits throughout his time and office. The indianapolis continued to operate in the pacific, starting in the frigid waters off the coast of alaska as part of the aleucian islands campaign. It saw combat several tim ms, including sinking the japanese transport akagane maru on february nineteenth nineteen forty three. On march 30 first 19 forty five, the indianapolis was hit by a comacasi plane and heavily damaged. Nine men were killed and about 30 injured in the attack, but the ship was able to return to mare island naval shipyard northeast