USS Indianapolis (CA-35)Indianapolis at Pearl Harbor in 1937 Career (United States) Name: USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Laid down: 31 March 1930 Launched: 7 November 1931 Commissioned: 15 November 1932 Honors andawards: 10 Battle Stars Fate: Torpedoed and sunk on 30 July 1945 by Japanese submarine I-58. [24][25]The wreckNavy firing detail as part of a burial-at-sea in 2008 for one of the 316 survivors of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) sinking on 30 July 1945. [27][28][29]USS Indianapolis National MemorialThe USS Indianapolis National Memorial was dedicated on 2 August 1995. In May 2011, I-465 around Indianapolis was renamed the USS Indianapolis Memorial Highway. Popular cultureReferences to the Indianapolis sinking and aftermath have been adapted to film, stage, television, and popular culture.