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The sinking of USS Indianapolis CA-35 on July 30, 1945 is still considered the worst naval disaster in US history. To this day, it is a stain on the US Navy.

Numerous publications are available that pay tribute to the survivors of the sinking. However, little is written about the 879 men who did not survive and rest eternally in the sea.

After the sinking of USS Indianapolis, men languished for four days and five nights in shark infested waters, many without life jackets, few with food and almost none with drinking water. It was an unimaginable situation. Late on the fourth day the men were spotted by a plane on routine patrol. It was only then that the US Navy realized the ship was missing.

Project888 pays tribute to these lost at sea crew members. Biographies are being developed for each man so his service and sacrifice is never forgotten.

Included are the names of nine crewmembers killed when a kamikaze pilot damaged Indianapolis at Okinawa on March 31, 1945.

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