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865k | THE GREAT EXPOSITION. Instead of arranging the exhibit of the navy department in a hall, it will be put in a structure resembling in every detail a coast line battle ship, like the Indiana (BB-01), the Massachusetts (BB-02) or the Oregon (BB-03), now building. | Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. Photo from The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 09 May 1891, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 10/27/11. | |
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3.14k | TWO NEW U.S. NAVAL TERRORS THE RAM KATAHDIN LAUNCHED, And the Indiana (BB-01) Nearly Ready. Both Formidable Battleships. Description of the Vessels. | Image and text provided by University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC. Photo from The Watchman and Southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 15 February 1893, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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142k | Launching of the Battleship Indiana (BB-01), 28 February 1893. | Courtesy of Michael P. McDowell & yorkship.us. | |
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5.69k | ONE BATTLE-SHIP. Successful Launch of the Indiana (BB-01). SHE IS FITTED TO FIGHT. Complete in All Appointments — She Will Stand and Fight the Strongest Man-of-War Afloat. | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 1 March 1893, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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195k | The sinking of the British battleship Victoria, a model of which was exhibited in the Transportation Building, gave a melancholy but not less eager interest to the United States marine exhibit at the northern pier, where a ship of war modeled on the latest patterns adopted by the Navy Department, was exposed to the closest public scrutiny and study. The engraving shows the structure of brick, built on the bottom of the lake, and simulating a man-of-war, which was conceived by Commodore R. W. Meade, and furnished with all the implements of human slaughter. Thus built, it was a full-sized model, above water-line, of the ten thousand three hundred ton coast-line battleships Indiana (BB-01), Massachusetts (BB-02) and Oregon (BB-03) of our navy, and if no mistake be made, the creation of such a ship in Lake Michigan in reality would violate a treaty with Great Britain. The principal guns seen on this vessel were of wood, but there were enough machines on board which were genuine to destroy almost anything of ordinary resisting power that might be within a distance of three miles. A nearer view of the upper deck and search light is shown on another page. Among the real guns on board were four six-inch rifled breech-loaders; twenty six-pounders; six one-pounders, two Gatlings and six torpedo guns. The interior was a museum of war, in which a student might be kept busy for months. The length was over three hundred and forty-eight feet; greatest width, sixty-nine feet; conning tower, seventy-six feet high. Designer, Frank W. Grogan. Cost, $100,000. |
Courtesy of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, Chicago. Contributed by Pavel Khozhainov. | |
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575k | USS Illinois exhibit at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage. The "ship" is not actually a ship but a mock-up made principally of wood sitting on a brick foundation built up from the bottom of Lake Michigan next to the dock. The design is based on design sketches of the Indiana Class (BB-1, 2 & 3) battleships, all 3 of which were launched in 1983. These ships represented the first class of modern battleships to be designed and built by the United States for the new Steel Navy. The Texas and the Maine were built in the US but were based on designs purchased from English ship yards. |
Inset photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo courtesy of Matt Wrigh. Text & photo i.d. courtesy of Chris Hoehn. | |
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60k | The Battleship Indiana (BB-01) at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, Chicago. | Courtesy of PAHRC (Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center), Colin P. Varga Photography Curator. | |
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102k | A searchlight aboard the battleship Indiana (BB-01) at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, Chicago. | Courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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169k | The Battleship Indiana (BB-01), profile and cross section. | Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
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35k | The Battleship Indiana (BB-01), as completed, line drawing by A.D. Baker III. | Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
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45k | Indiana (BB-01), cross section taken from a plan dated 1893. It shows in dashed outline the 8-inch turret as originally planned, with sloped sides. Virtually all U.S. warships of this period were designed with cone sided turrets, but in 1892 the Bureau of Ordanance had this policy reversed, arguing that such turrets were too cramped. | Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
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1.10k | Looking aft from the forecastle of battleship Indiana (BB-01), at the #1 Twin 13-Inch Turret. To the right a Secondary Battery,Twin 8-Inch turret. | Courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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100k | Captain Henry Clay Taylor assumed command of Indiana (BB-1) in December 1894. His ship was assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron. | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo. | |
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138k | Drawing of the Indiana (BB-01) made in 1895. | Photo courtesy of maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca. | |
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60k | Captain Robley D. Evans, USN. Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken when he was Commanding Officer of Indiana (BB-01), 1895. | Photo # NH 67144 courtesy of Harry Howard, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
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3.62k | THE GREATEST OF MODERN BATTLESHIPS. Splendid Showing Made by the Powerful Indiana (BB-01) Runs like a yacht! | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 17 October 1895, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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562k | Bow view of the Indiana (BB-01) 1896. | Photoprint copyrighted by Charles E. Bolles. LOC photo # LC-USZ62-71301. Photo courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
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54k | Undated photograph, probably taken circa 1895-1900. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph USNHC # NH 73975, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. | |
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1.09k | READY TO FREE CUBA WHEN NECESSARY. New York (CA-2), Columbia (C-12), Indiana (BB-1), Ericsson (TB-02), Texas, Montgomery (C-09), Iowa (BB-04), Cushing (TB-01), & Massachusetts (BB-2). | Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo from Richmond Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 27 March 1898, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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115k | Painting entitled "Before the War" by Carlton T. Chapman, depicting the U.S. North Atlantic Squadron anchored in Hampton Roads, Virginia, circa late March or early April 1898. Iowa (BB-04) is seen very distantly, and partially, on the right side of the image. Ships present are (left to right: New York (CA-2), Indiana (BB-1), Texas, Massachusetts (BB-2), Columbia (C-12) and Iowa. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 78627-KN, courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC. Donation of Capt. R.G. Colbert, USN. | |
Additional Indiana Images
17 General Views Of Indiana From The Library Of Congress Server.
10 Interior Views Of Indiana From The Library Of Congress Server.
6 War Time Gray Images From The Library Of Congress Server.
USS INDIANA BB-1 History
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