Off to War / 1942 - November 1944
December 1944 - Victory in the Pacific
1946 - 1963
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76k | Hull test model for the South Dakota class (BB-57 - 60) battleships. Hull model number 3536, photographed at the Experimental Model Basin, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., in 1938. Note the widely spaced skegs, supporting the outboard propeller shafts, that were a unique feature of this battleship class. Copied from the Bureau of Ships monograph "United States Battleship Designs for World War II", dated 1 June 1946. | USNHC # NH 93908, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 1.23m | PDF of Faired Lines and Molded Offsets for the Indiana (BB-58), 30 Jan. 1940. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 410k | Through the scaffolding may be seen the prow of the battleship Indiana (BB-58) under construction in October, 1941. The Norfolk-Newport News section of Virginia is contributing a large portion of the new tonnage of our rapidly expanding two-ocean Navy. | Photo # LC-USE6-D-001703, courtesy of the Library of Congress via Mike Green. Photo added 08/05/11. | |
 | 506k | Through the scaffolding may be seen the prow of the battleship Indiana (BB-58) under construction in October, 1941. The Norfolk-Newport News section of Virginia is contributing a large portion of the new tonnage of our rapidly expanding two-ocean Navy. | Photo # LC-USE6- D-001704, courtesy of the Library of Congress via Mike Green. Photo added 08/05/11. | |
 | 467k | Through the scaffolding may be seen the prow of the battleship Indiana (BB-58) under construction in October, 1941. The Norfolk-Newport News section of Virginia is contributing a large portion of the new tonnage of our rapidly expanding two-ocean Navy. | Photo # LC-USE6-D-001710, courtesy of the Library of Congress via Mike Green. Photo added 08/05/11. | |
 | 161k | Indiana (BB-58) under construction at Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News VA., several months before her launching. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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145k | Indiana (BB-58) sliding down the ways at Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News VA., 21 November 1941. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | |
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601k | The Indiana (BB-58) is almost waterborne as she slides down the ways at Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News VA., 21 November 1941. | International News Photo courtesy of David Buell. | |
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408k | Construction shot showing a quarter stern port side view of the Indiana (BB-58) at Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News VA., 31 December 1941. Turrets and armament not due to be installed for a while yet. | National Archives photo # 19-LCM-BB-58A-1, courtesy of David Buell. | |
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813k | View of the ship's stern, showing her twin outboard skegs, with five-bladed propellers at their after ends. Four-bladed inboard propellers are faintly visible, with the ship's twin rudders directly aft of them. Taken in drydock at the Newport News Ship Building and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia, 13 March 1942. | Text courtesy of photo USNHC # NH 93910, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo courtey of Pieter Bakels. | |
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787k | Photo show the "skeg" hull form that all the fast battleships had. The Indiana (BB-58) and her sisters were unique in the fact that their skegs were on the outside of the hull and contained their outer propeller shafts. | Text courtesy of photo USNHC # NH 93909, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo courtey of Pieter Bakels. | |
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959k | Port side view of the outer propeller shafts of the Indiana (BB-58) in drydock at the Newport News Ship Building and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia, 13 March 1942. | Photo courtey of Pieter Bakels. | |
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466k | View of the Indiana's (BB-58) forward 16"/45 guns, taken at Newport News, Virginia, on 30 April 1942, the day of her commissioning. Note anchor chains and capstans, armored conning tower and Mark 38 main battery director atop her superstructure. Fire control radar antennas have not yet been fitted atop her gun directors. | Text courtesy of NH 80-G-6692. U.S. Navy Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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111k | Indiana (BB-58) as completed. It is a Newport News Shipbuilding photo taken by the company at the ship's completion. Her lines are clean and planes, 20mm and 40mm guns, and radars aren't yet installed. | Courtesy of Newport News Shipbuilding. | |
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43k | As completed in 1942. Good view of ship's boats and boat cranes. | USN photo. | |
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361k | Norfolk, Virginia on 15 August 1942. Note her rudimentary bridge, with an enclosed gallery below it. The object atop her conning tower is a spotting glass; it was ultimately replaced by a Mark 27 radar. Slits in the fire control tower were for battle lookouts. | USN photo courtesy of David Buell. Text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
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430k | One of a series of photos taken off Norfolk, Virginia, on 8 September 1942. A Launch approaches the Indiana (BB-58)from Norfolk. | U.S. Navy Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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142k | Still working on painting the stern on 8 September 1942 at Hampton Roads, Virginia. | U.S. Navy Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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393k | Broadside view on 8 September 1942 at Hampton Roads, Virginia. The ship still has not yet sailed on her shakedown cruise. | U.S. Navy Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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598k | Painting parts of the hull from scaffolding continues on this sequence of photos on 8 September 1942 at Hampton Roads, Virginia. Launches from both sides of the ship are about to be raised to deck level. | BUAER photo # 12190 courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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370k | Painting parts of the hull from scaffolding continues on this sequence of photos on 8 September 1942 at Hampton Roads, Virginia. The launch moored alongside in the above photo is raised to deck level. | U.S. Navy Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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395k | Sept. 1942 photo of the Indiana (BB-58) wearing a "fake bow" off of "A-turret". | U.S. Navy Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
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