Save the Date (Upcoming Events)
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We invite you to join numerous USS Indianapolis family members and friends at several upcoming public events. Check the details below for dates, times, and locations. We aim to keep the site updated with the latest information about each event as it becomes available.
DECEMBER 2026
Join the USS Indianapolis family at Arlington National Cemetery on December 14 for a very special day of remembrance honoring Orlando Robert Ortiz and the entire final sailing crew of USS Indianapolis CA-35.
And if you can, consider making a few days of it!
Christmas in Washington, D.C. is a wonderful time to visit, and on December 19, Wreaths Across America will be placing wreaths throughout Arlington, including on the 2 graves and 13 cenotaphs of the Indy crew members at the National Cemetery.
More details to come, but for now, save the date! We would love to have you with us. ❤️🇺🇸For additional details about the Arlington ceremony, contat admin@USSIndianapolis.com
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2027
Stage Production of In the Soundless Awe (Houston, TX): January 27 - February 14, 2027
Twelve minutes that changed everything—one of the most harrowing naval disasters in American history comes to life on stage. On July 30, 1945, USS Indianapolis was struck by two Japanese torpedoes and sank in just twelve minutes, leaving nearly 900 men adrift in the Pacific; five days later, only 321 would be rescued. In the Soundless Awe confronts the human cost behind this tragedy. Set twenty-two years after the sinking, the production centers on Charles Butler McVay III, the captain court-martialed and publicly disgraced in its aftermath. Alone and haunted by memory, McVay is visited by the specters of the men he lost, their voices rising from the depths in a chilling reckoning of duty, guilt, and sacrifice. Blending historical fact with psychological drama, this gripping work examines the burden of command, the complexities of accountability, and the enduring scars of war. Stark, immersive, and unflinching, In the Soundless Awe draws audiences into the final nightmare of a man forever tethered to the sea—and to the silence that followed, where answers remain as elusive as the depths themselves.
