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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 Indian (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 miiles. 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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60k | The Battleship Indiana (BB-01) at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, Chicago. | Courtesy of PAHRC (Philadelphia Archdocesan 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. Photo added 06/19/09. | |
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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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1.1m | 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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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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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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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
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Links To Various Related Indiana Web Resources.
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