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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in 1932-41

This page features overall views of USS Indianapolis during the years up to U.S. entry into World War II.

Additional pictures of Indianapolis will be found on the following pages:
USS Indianapolis, selected views;
USS Indianapolis in 1942;
USS Indianapolis in 1943;
USS Indianapolis in 1944;
USS Indianapolis in 1945;
USS Indianapolis Actions and Activities: May 1934 Naval Review off New York City;
USS Indianapolis Actions and Activities: Presidential South American Tour, 1936;
USS Indianapolis Actions and Activities: Miscellaneous World War II activities;
Loss of USS Indianapolis, 30 July 1945; and
USS Indianapolis Onboard Views, 1932-1945.

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

Photo #: NH 706

USS Indianapolis (CA-35)


Steaming at high speed while running trials at the time of her completion, 1932.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 535 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 53229

USS Indianapolis (CA-35)


Underway at sea, during the 1930s.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 575 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 53589

USS Indianapolis (CA-35)


Silhouetted against the sun, while at sea during the 1930s.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 480 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 90640

USS Indianapolis (CA-35)


Leaving the upper chamber of the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 4 March 1933.
Photographed by Fisher, Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone.

Courtesy of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia, 1980.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 440 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 91518

USS Indianapolis (CA-35)


Steaming in New York Harbor with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on board, at the time of the Presidential fleet review off Ambrose Light, New York, 31 May 1934.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 

Photo #: 80-G-416382

USS Indianapolis (CA-35)


Anchored off San Pedro, California, 22 April 1935, flying a Vice Admiral's flag.
Terminal Island is in the left background. Long Beach is in the right distance.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 580 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 

Photo #: NH 53230

USS Indianapolis (CA-35)


At Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1937.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 515 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 70294

USS Indianapolis (CA-35)


Arriving at Portland, Oregon, for Navy Day, October 1937.

Donation of Captain Fred W. Conner, USMC(Retired), 1970.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 595 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 81893

USS Indianapolis (CA-35)


Passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, circa 1938.

Collection of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 

Additional pictures of Indianapolis will be found on the following pages:
USS Indianapolis, selected views;
USS Indianapolis in 1942;
USS Indianapolis in 1943;
USS Indianapolis in 1944;
USS Indianapolis in 1945;
USS Indianapolis Actions and Activities: May 1934 Naval Review off New York City;
USS Indianapolis Actions and Activities: Presidential South American Tour, 1936;
USS Indianapolis Actions and Activities: Miscellaneous World War II activities;
Loss of USS Indianapolis, 30 July 1945; and
USS Indianapolis Onboard Views, 1932-1945.

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23 December 1998