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Veröffentlichung:	Februar 2018
Genre:	Ratgeber
ISBN:	9781155990606
EAN-Code:	9781155990606
Verlag:	Books LLC, Reference Series
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 246 mm / B 189 mm / D 5 mm
Gewicht:	160 gr
Seiten:	72
Zus. Info:	Paperback
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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 71. Chapters: 1931 in aviation, 1931 in rail transport, 1931 ships, Vehicles introduced in 1931, USS Indianapolis, USS Akron, Alfa Romeo 8C, Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo, USS Wakefield, Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi, USCGC Sea Cloud, German cruiser Deutschland, SS Monterey, Finnish coastal defence ship Ilmarinen, Hudson Greater Eight, Japanese destroyer Sazanami, SS President Coolidge, French submarine Rubis, SS Uhenfels, HMCS Assiniboine, SS Rex, Tatra V570, 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, Renault Primaquatre, 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, Tatra 54, MG F-type, Bluebird of Chelsea, Yasoshima, French destroyer Maillé Brézé, 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, Hispano-Suiza J12, Greek destroyer Hydra, MG D-type, Italian cruiser Fiume, RMS Corfu, RMS Carthage, USS Persistent, Austin 12/6, Italian destroyer Strale, USS Puritan, Renault Monaquatre, HMCS Raccoon, List of ship launches in 1931, Fiat 522, French submarine Amazone, Tatra 70, French aviso Dumont d'Urville, Tatra 80, French aviso Savorgnan de Brazza, Fiat 524, United States lightship LV-117, French aviso Bougainville, French aviso D'Entrecasteaux, Fiat 515. 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 critical parts for the first atomic bomb to be used in combat to the United States air base at Tinian, the ship was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58, sinking in 12 minutes. Of 1,196 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. The remaining crew of 880 men faced exposure, dehydration and shark attacks as they waited for assistance while floating with few lifeboats and almost no food or water. The Navy learned of the sinking when survivors were spotted four days later by the crew of a PV-1 Ventura on routine patrol. Only 316 sailors survived. Indianapolis was the last major U.S. Navy ship sunk by enemy action in World War II. The second ship named for Indianapolis, Indiana, she was laid down on 31 March 1930 by New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey; launched on 7 November 1931; sponsored by Miss Lucy Taggart, daughter of the late Senator Thomas Taggart, a former mayor of Indianapolis; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 November 1932, Captain John M. Smeallie in command. Following shakedown in the Atlantic and Guantánamo Bay until 23 February 1932, Indianapolis trained in the Panama Canal Zone and in the Pacific off the Chilean coast. After overhaul at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the heavy cruiser sailed to Maine to embark President...