Profile Warships 28 : USS Indianapolis (CA 35), Heavy Cruiser 1932-1945 ;by William H. Cracknell, Commander, USN.

"This Profile is about a notable American cruiser, the USS Indianapolis. Apart from being one of the 10,000-ton type built to conform to the Washington Treaty 1922, she has a more sinister claim to fame. She carried the first operational atomic bombs to the Far East for the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Having delivered her deadly load she was ropedoed just before the end of the war, and by a tragic series of mischances her loss went unreported for some time. The US Navy had come to regard the Pacific as its private preserve, and the loss of this ship just when the war seemed over is still regarded as their worst single-ship disaster."--Provided by the publisher.