USS Indianapolis CA-35
Lost At Sea

Name: Angelo Anthony SUDANO
Rank / Rating: SSML3-Ship's Service Man (Laundryman) Third Class
Service #: 283 81 35
DOB: Sep 18, 1920
From: Born Niles, OH
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Went Aboard: Nov 23, 1942
Age When Ship Went Down: 24 years, 10 months, 12 days
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Bio Submitted By: Carl Fahnestock (Admin)
Date Posted: Jul 30, 2025

Angelo Anthony Sudano, Ship's Service Man Laundryman Third Class was one of 879 crew members of USS Indianapolis (CA-35) who “Lost Their Lives At Sea” as a direct casualty of the July 30, 1945 sinking of USS Indianapolis. These 879 men plus 9 others who were killed when a kamikaze attacked the ship on March 31, 1945 at Okinawa, were recorded as having been “Lost at Sea” (LAS) while aboard USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in 1945. Seventy-six years after the ship’s sinking, in 2021 a thorough investigation of available historic records culminated in the identification of thirteen sailors from that fateful last voyage. Their names were removed from the "Unaccounted For" and placed on a “Accounted For” list. Angelo Anthony Sudano was one of these thirteen sailors who was identified as “Buried At Sea”. The Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation researchers poured through dozens of books and articles published on the sinking of USS Indianapolis, analyzed the records of the seven ships involved in the rescue and recovery mission. Deck Logs, War Diaries, and the commanding officer’s After Action Reports were scrutinized. In addition, Foundation investigators obtained the "Individual Deceased Personnel Files" and other documents from the National Archives to determine possible biometric matches to unknown sailors recovered at the sinking site.(1) While each of these 13 sailors “Lost Their Lives At Sea”, they were each “Buried at Sea” by their rescue ship. The 13 men, who by clear and convincing evidence gathered at the time of the Rescue and Recovery mission, were “Buried at Sea” are: George Stanley Abbott, S1- Seaman First Class Eugene Clifford Batson, S2- Seaman Second Class William Alexander Haynes, S1- Seaman First Class Albert Raymond Kelly, S2- Seaman Second Class Albert Davis Lundgren, S1- Seaman First Class Ollie McHone, F1- Fireman First Class George David Payne, S2- Seaman Second Class Alvin Wilder Rahn, SK3- Storekeeper Third Class Jose Antonio Saenz, SC3- Ship’s Cook Third Class Joseph Mason Strain, S2- Seaman Second Class Angelo Anthony Sudano, SSML3- Ship’s Service Man (Laundryman) Third Class Floyd Ralph Wolfe, GM3- Gunner’s Mate Third Class Charles Byrd Sparks, COX- Coxswain Burial at Sea Angelo was one of the ten crew members picked up and identified by USS Cecil J. Doyle. He was located at 1505 hours at 11 degrees 27 minutes North Latitude and 132 degrees 28 minuets East Longitude on Monday August 6, 1945. Angelo was "committed to the deep" in the official Burial at Sea Ceremony performed by the Commanding Officer on August 7, 1945, at 11 degrees 13 minutes North Latitude and 132 degrees 24 minutes East Longitude.