THE BATTLE OF TINIAN: Images of War

The warship U.S.S. Indianapolis--a Portland-class heavy cruiser--was handed a secret mission: transporting the enriched uranium and other vital parts of the atomic weapons to Tinian. Indianapolis succeeded in its mission, but was left to return to Pearl Harbor unescorted, resulting in one of the most unfortunate and grisly episodes in U.S. maritime history. Fully illus.