Indianapolis 9/11 Memorial
The focus of the site are the two upright beams harvested from Ground Zero. To the left and right stand two faceted black granite walls in a polished finish. The polished areas of the walls will receive a subtle image of a waving American flag in a velvet honed finish with chosen text carved over the image of the flag.
The areas of the granite walls facing the beams have a rough, rock pitched finish with the time each tower fell (9:59 AM and 10:28AM) carved into the rough surface, symbolizing the heart break Americans felt that morning.
USS Indianapolis Memorial
The world's first operational atomic bomb was delivered by the Indianapolis, (CA-35) to the island of Tinian on 26 July 1945.
At 14 minutes past midnight, on 30 July 1945, midway between Guam and Leyte Gulf, she was hit by two torpedoes out of six fired by the I-58, a Japanese submarine.
Of the 1,196 aboard, about 900 made it into the water in the twelve minutes before she sank. Few life rafts were released. Most survivors wore the standard kapok life jacket. Shark attacks began with sunrise of the first day and continued until the men were physically removed from the water, almost five days later.
The focus of the site are the two upright beams harvested from Ground Zero. To the left and right stand two faceted black granite walls in a polished finish. The polished areas of the walls will receive a subtle image of a waving American flag in a velvet honed finish with chosen text carved over the image of the flag.
The areas of the granite walls facing the beams have a rough, rock pitched finish with the time each tower fell (9:59 AM and 10:28AM) carved into the rough surface, symbolizing the heart break Americans felt that morning.
USS Indianapolis Memorial
The world's first operational atomic bomb was delivered by the Indianapolis, (CA-35) to the island of Tinian on 26 July 1945.
At 14 minutes past midnight, on 30 July 1945, midway between Guam and Leyte Gulf, she was hit by two torpedoes out of six fired by the I-58, a Japanese submarine.
Of the 1,196 aboard, about 900 made it into the water in the twelve minutes before she sank. Few life rafts were released. Most survivors wore the standard kapok life jacket. Shark attacks began with sunrise of the first day and continued until the men were physically removed from the water, almost five days later.
