page_title: Heslar Naval Armory
section_title: Artifacts
hierarchical_section_title: Heslar Naval Armory / Artifacts
caption_attribution_description: English: The memorial to the USS Grayback on the grounds of the Heslar Naval Armory in Indianapolis. Photograph by ET2 Evan R. Shearin, USNR.
context_page_description: Heslar Naval Armory was constructed in 1936 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on the shore of White River as a Works Progress Administration construction project. It was designed by architect Ben H. Bacon and reflects an Art Moderne style. Heslar Naval Armory was the home of Naval Operations Support Center Indianapolis, Marine Corps Reserve Center Indianapolis, and Naval Recruiting Station Indianapolis, as well as the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps Cruiser Indianapolis Division and the Central Indiana Young Marines of the Marine Corps League. In October 2008 the Indiana Wing Civil Air Patrol, state branch of the US Air Force Auxiliary, moved its headquarters functions and staff to the Armory.
  The building and property are legally owned by the State of Indiana and managed by the Indiana State Armory Board, but were leased to the federal government for use by the United States Navy Reserve and the United States Marine Corps Reserve until early 2015. The facility was converted to educational use with the opening of Riverside High School. Renovating the armory for use as a school cost $10 million, and was completed in June 2018.
context_section_description: Heslar Naval Armory is home to several artifacts of Naval history including:
  a bell from USS Indiana cast in 1942 with the commissioning of that ship.
  a bell from USS Indianapolis cast in 1932 with the commissioning of that ship.
  a damaged flag recovered from USS Indianapolis presented to the city of Indianapolis on February 2, 1960 by the Indianapolis Council of the Navy League of the United States.
  a memorial to USS Grayback established by the Submarine Veterans of W.W.II, Hoosier Squadron. This memorial has since been removed and moved to a location unknown.
  a flag recovered from USS Fechteler, hung in the wardroom.
  a quartermaster's logbook from USS Indiana in 1943.
  original blueprints for USS Indiana.
caption: The USS Grayback (SS-208) memorial on the grounds of the Heslar Naval Armory
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