Ship's Log
USS Indianapolis CA-35: The Last Voyage
USS Indianapolis CA-35 delivered atomic bomb components to Tinian before being sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945; only 317 of roughly 900 survivors were rescued four days later.
General Quarters: Manning Battle Stations in the U.S. Navy
General Quarters is the Navy's highest state of readiness, sending every sailor to a battle station and setting condition Zebra to seal the ship's watertight compartments for combat or damage.
UNREP: How the Navy Stays at Sea
Underway replenishment lets Navy ships refuel and resupply at sea in any weather, transferring fuel, food, and ammunition between hulls just 150 to 200 feet apart while both ships hold course and speed.
USS Turner Joy DD-951: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
USS Turner Joy DD-951 reported a contested second attack in the Gulf of Tonkin on August 4, 1964 — an incident that led Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, escalating the Vietnam War.
USS Stark FFG-31: The 1987 Persian Gulf Incident
USS Stark FFG-31 was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, killing 37 sailors in an attack later called accidental that reshaped Navy threat procedures.
USS Bataan LHD-5: The 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom Deployment
USS Bataan LHD-5, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, deployed to the Persian Gulf in 2003 carrying the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit ashore in southern Iraq during the opening of Operation Iraqi Freedom.