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BB-1 USS INDIANA

Radio Call Sign: November - Hotel - Quebec

Indiana Class Battleship: Displacement 10,288 Tons, Dimensions, 350' 11" (oa) x 69' 3" x 27' 2" (Max), Armament 4 x 13"/35 8 x 8"/35, 4 x 6"/30, 4 x 18"tt, Armor, 18" Belt, 15" Turrets, 3" Decks, 10" Conning Tower, Machinery, 9,000 IHP; 2 vertical, inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws, Speed, 15 Knots, Crew 473.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia on 7 May 1891. Launched 28 February 1893, Commissioned 20 November 1895; Decommissioned 29 December 1903; Recommissioned 9 January 1906; Decommissioned 23 May 1914; Recommissioned 24 May 1917; Reclassified Coastal Battleship #1, 29 March 1919; Decommissioned 31 March 1919.
Fate: Sunk as target off Tangier Island, Maryland, 1 November 1920, Hulk sold 19 March 1924 and broken up for scrap.
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Construction / Pre Spanish American War
BB-1
010101i		 2.08k Drawing of Coast Line Battleships Indiana (BB-1), Massachusetts (BB-2) & Oregon (BB-3), circa 1890. National Archives Identifier: 179036452 & 179036450
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-19 & 19-NN-1-12-20
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010191		 2.54k Indiana (BB-1) under construction at Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, Pa., 24 July 1891. National Archives Identifier: 179036434
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-10.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010160		 2.02k Indiana (BB-1) under construction at Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, Pa., might be slightly before the date of the above. National Archives Identifier: 179036432
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-9.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010161		 2.14k Six child laborers among Indiana's (BB-1) construction crew as she begins to look like a ship at Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, Pa. National Archives Identifier: 179036428
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-7.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010163		 2.88k Indiana's (BB-1) main deck begins to fill out by 29 August, 1892. National Archives Identifier: 179036424
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-5.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010164		 2.31k Between decks, 29 August, 1892. National Archives Identifier: 179036426
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-6.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010172		 3.94k Port side view of the bow, 29 August, 1892. National Archives Identifier: 179036430
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-8.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-2 Massachusetts 1.53k Our New Navy, 1892
From left to right & top to bottom: Concord (PG-3); monitor Miantonomah (BM-5); cruiser Philadelphia (C-4); armored cruiser New York (CA-2); cruiser Pirate; cruiser Atlanta: cruiser Boston; cruiser Newark (C-1); dynamite cruiser Vesuvius; dispatch boat Dolphin (PG-24); flagship Chicago; cruiser Baltimore (C-3); flagship San Francisco (C-5); coastline battleship Massachusetts (BB-2), Indiana (BB-1) & Oregon (BB-3); gunboat Petrel (PG-2); torpedo boat Cushing (TB-1); & cruiser Charleston (C-2).
Note: Regarding the cruiser Pirate. The ship depicted is a version of the cruisers Minneapolis and Columbia (but with three stacks vs. Minneapolis' two and Columbia's four) The name "pirate" given for it reflects its intended mission as a commerce raider (basically, these two cruisers were modern versions of the Civil War era Wampanoag type cruisers). Perhaps, at the time this photo montage was put together, the ships' names had not yet been assigned, nor their appearance finalized. If so, that would explain using a mission title instead of an actual ship name, as well as the three stacks. Note that the New York and the three "Coastline Battle Ships" are also represented by artworks, with the latter shown with the conical turrets that were replaced by cylindrical ones in the ships' final design.		 Text i.d. courtesy of Charles Haberlein Jr.
Photo by Edward H.Hart, Photo LC-DIG-det-4a14834 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
KATAHDIN 3.14k TWO NEW U.S. NAVAL TERRORS
THE RAM KATAHDIN LAUNCHED,
And the Indiana (BB-1) 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.
BB-1 Indiana 704k LAUNCH OF THE INDIANA (BB-1); THE BATTLESHIP AS SHE APPEARED JUST BEFORE LAUNCHING.Photo from THE ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN. Vol. XIII, courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
BB-1 Indiana 142k Launching of the Battleship Indiana (BB-1), 28 February 1893. Courtesy of Michael P. McDowell & yorkship.us.
BB-1 Indiana NR ONE BATTLE-SHIP.
Successful Launch of the Indiana (BB-1).
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.
BB-1 Indiana 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-1), Massachusetts (BB-2) and Oregon (BB-3) 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.
BB-1 Indiana 575k 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 / 3) battleships, all 3 of which were launched in 1893. 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 L. Baker.
Photo courtesy of Matt Wrigh.
Text & photo i.d. courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
Columbian Expo
010165		 1.07k Collection of mounted images depicting the building of a naval exhibit at the 1893 Columbian Expo in Chicago, the exhibit is a "mock/replica" battleship – Illinois. The images show the range of construction from 1891 to 1893. Photo UA 16.14 courtesy of history.navy.mil & Insert (Naval History Magazine, February 2021,) page 58, courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
BB-1
010173		 1.91k Fitting out dockside, starboard side view of the stern, 29 July, 1893. National Archives Identifier: 179036442
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-15.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010174		 2.51k Port side view of Indiana (BB-1) fitting out dockside, 29 July, 1893. The ship alongside of her is the Armored Cruiser New York (CA-2). She would be commisioned 2 days later, on 1 August 1893. National Archives Identifier: 179036446
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-17.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010175		 2.95k Stern view of Indiana (BB-1) fitting out dockside, 29 July, 1893. The ship alongside is either the armored cruiser Pennsylvania (CA-4) or Colorado (CA-7). National Archives Identifier: 179036420
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-3.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010176		 2.39k Port broadside view of Indiana (BB-1) fitting out dockside, 29 July, 1893. The ship alongside is either the armored cruiser Pennsylvania (CA-4) or Colorado (CA-7). National Archives Identifier: 179036444
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-16.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
A Fortress in Repose1.13kA Fortress in Repose
This is an original 1894 halftone print showing the Indiana class Battle Ship of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as the World Columbian Exposition.		 Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
BB-1 Indiana 102k A searchlight aboard the battleship Indiana (BB-1) at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, Chicago. Courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
BB-1 Indiana 750k What appears to be either the Indiana (BB-1) or Massachusetts (BB-2) at Cramps Shipyard, circa 1893. Photo courtesy of A History and Guide to Collections of the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company (1830-1927) and the Cramp Shipbuilding Company (1941-46) of Philadelphia, by Gail E. Farr and Brett F. Bostwick with the assistance of Merville Willis, Philadelphia Maritime Museum.
BB-1 Indiana 169k The Battleship Indiana (BB-1), profile and cross section. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
BB-1 Indiana 35k The Battleship Indiana (BB-1), as completed, line drawing by A.D. Baker III. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
BB-1 Indiana 45k Indiana (BB-1), 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 Ordnance 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.
BB-1
010177		 2.83k Port broadside view of Indiana (BB-1) fitting out dockside, 2 July, 1894. National Archives Identifier: 179036422
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-4.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010178		 2.95k Bow on view of Indiana (BB-1) fitting out dockside, empty turrets as of 26 June, 1895. National Archives Identifier: 179036436
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-11.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010179		 2.51k Indiana (BB-1) fitting out dockside, secondary armament in place, main turrets still empty as of 26 June, 1895. National Archives Identifier: 179036438
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-12-12.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010112		 3.40k Interior view, Indiana (BB-1) circa 1895. National Archives Identifier: 179036262
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-14-2.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010148		 1.94k Underside of the Indiana (BB-1), 1895. National Archives Identifier: 179036270
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-14-6.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1 Indiana 1.41k Looking aft from the forecastle of battleship Indiana (BB-1), at the #1 Twin 13-Inch Turret. To the right a Secondary Battery, Twin 8-Inch turret. Photo from The American Navy with Introduction and Descriptive Text - Reproductions of Photographs - Belford, Middlebrook & Co. - Chicago, 1898, submitted by Thomas Becher.
BB-1 Indiana 963k Looking forward from the stern of the Indiana's (BB-1) Twin 13-Inch Turret. Text of photo via uwm.edu
Photo from The American Navy with Introduction and Descriptive Text - Reproductions of Photographs - Belford, Middlebrook & Co. - Chicago, 1898, submitted by Thomas Becher.
BB-1 Indiana
010136v		943k Indiana (BB-1) sailors performing a musket drill, Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City, undated. Photo courtesy of New York Historical Society via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1 Indiana
010143		816k Indiana (BB-1) sailors performing a sword drill, Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City, undated. Photo courtesy of New York Historical Society via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010180		 2.25k A commissioned warship. Indiana (BB-1) is painted on her bow as of November 1895, which fits with the heavier clothing worn by her sailors. National Archives Identifier: 179036274
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-14-10.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010141		 4.09k Looking at the crowd as onlookers look both ways at Indiana (BB-1) on display at your local wharf. The 3 stack warship on the right is an unknown Armored Cruiser. National Archives Identifier: 179036308
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-15-6.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010195b		 2.30k Anchor away from the starboard bow chained to the side, view of the Indiana's (BB-1) bell above the front turret, wheel of the vessel above the pilot house & lots of action on the eyes of the ships company & crowd. National Archives Identifier: 179036310
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-15-7.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1 Indiana 60k Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, USN. He was the 1st Commanding Officer of Indiana (BB-1), 1895. Photo # NH 67144 courtesy of Harry Howard, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph submitted by Bill Gonyo.
BB-1 Indiana 243k Colorful Indiana (BB-1) offshore with a building in the background for company. Photo and text courtesy of USNHHC via Tommy Trampp.
BB-1
010196		 2.80k Architectural and Engineering Drawings for Indiana (BB-1) & Massachusetts (BB-2), 1896. National Archives Identifier: 55302718
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
PURITAN
puritan113		604k Bow view of the Puritan (BM-1) at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City, undated.
Either of the the battleships Indiana (BB-1) or Massachusetts (BB-2) appear in the background, circa 1896-98. 		Photo courtesy of New York Historical Society via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1 Indiana 100k Captain Henry Clay Taylor assumed command of Indiana (BB-1) in December 1896. His ship was assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron.Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
Maine3.90kTHE BLOCKADING FLEET OFF CHARLESTON.
This picture represents the cruiser Columbia (C-12) getting under way to givechase to a blockade-runner in obedience to a signal hoisted at the yardarm of Admiral Bunce's flagship the New York (ACR-2).
The battle-ships Indiana (BB-1) and Maine at anchor are shown in the background. The Columbia has flashed an electric light over the waters, striking the shore near Fort Moultrie. The big cruiser is too late however, as the fleet torpedo-boat has got past the fort and signalizes her safety by sending up a rocket.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 14 February 1897, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
THE GREAT EXPOSITION NR NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON IN ACTION FIRING OFF $1,000,000 WORTH OF POWDER AND SHELL IN AN HOUR
Iowa (BB-4), Ericsson (TB-2), Porter (TB-6), Indiana (BB-1), Texas, Maine, New York (ACR-2), Amphitrite (BM-2), Terror (M-4), Raleigh (C-8).
Drawn by an expert marine artist from exact details. The line of battle is that described by Captain Mahan. 		Image and text provided by Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT.
Photo from The Anaconda Standard. (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 16 May 1897, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Maine1.80kFLEET MANEUVERS-1897
IN BATTLE ARRAY
The September Evolutions of the North Atlantic Squadron.
Indiana (BB-1), Texas, Iowa (BB-4), Massachusetts (BB-2) & Maine. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo courtesy of Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 28 August 1897, Image 18, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana NR DOWN WOULD COME SPAIN
A GREAT MARINE ARTIST'S THRILLING PORTRAYAL OF AN ENGAGEMENT WHICH NAVAL EXPERTS ARE DISCUSSING BETWEEN THE INDIANA (BB-1), THE CRACK BATTLESHIP OF THE AMERICAN NAVY, AND THE PELAYO, SPAIN'S FINEST FIGHTING MACHINE, IN THE EVENT OF WAR		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 29 November 1897, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Indiana NR HOW THE FIRST GREAT SEA FIGHT MAY LOOK—GIANTS OF THE SEAS IN MORTAL COMBAT
A Great Marine Artist's Thrilling Portrayal of an Engagement Which Naval Experts Are Discussing, Between the Indiana (BB-1), the Crack Battleship of the American Navy, and the Pelayo, Spain's Finest Fighting Machine, in the Event of War.
Note the submarine Holland (SS-1) contributing.		 Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. via The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914,
Insert) 28 November 1897, Image 18, & 17 April 1898, Image 22, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
TexasNRWHAT WOULD HAPPEN SHOULD WE FIGHT WITH SPAIN
Here Are the Secret Plans of the United States Government in case of War With the Spaniards, the First Time Told.
Just Where Our Ships of War and Troops Would Be Located if We Took a Hand in the Cuban Trouble.
Pictured among the vessels are the New York (CA-2), Indiana (BB-1), Texas, Massachusetts (BB-2), Columbia (C-12), Iowa (BB-4) & Maine. 		Image and text provided by Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT.
Photo from The Anaconda Standard. (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 16 January 1898, Morning, Image 15, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana NR BATTLE-SHIP STRENGTH OF THE NAVIES. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 17 February 1898, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1
01016qf		 1.33k 5 QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns & 6 Indiana (BB-1) sailors. National Archives 179036306:
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-15-5.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010198d		 3.71k The Indiana (BB-1) in dry dock, c 1898. National Archives 179036290:
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-14-18.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-4 Iowa 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-4) 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.
War With Spain
TERROR 696k THE NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON, NOW BLOCKADING CUBAN PORTS.
 Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 23 February 1898, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana NR READY TO FREE CUBA AT THE WORD FROM CONGRESS
New York (CA-2), Columbia (C-12), Indiana (BB-1), Ericsson (TB-02), Texas, Montgomery (C-09), Iowa (BB-4), Cushing (TB-01), & Massachusetts (BB-2).		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from The Herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 27 March 1898, Image 19, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Indiana 1.56k RAPID FIRE GUNS ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE BATTLESHIP INDIANA (BB-1) Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside, via The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 30 March 1898, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana NR SPAIN'S DREADED TORPEDO FLEET COULD STRIKE A FEARFUL BLOW
HOW A GREAT MARINE BATTLE WOULD APPEAR BETWEEN SPAIN'S CRACK CRUISERS, ASSISTED BY HER BIG TORPEDO FLEET, AND THE AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS UNSUPPORTED BY ADEQUATE TORPEDO FLOTILLA. SPAIN'S TORPEDO BOATS ARE SHOWN TO THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE RUSHING INTO THE MIDST OF OUR FLEET.
The Indiana (BB-1) is in the middle.		 Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 10 April 1898, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana 2.10k THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP INDIANA (BB-1) UNDER FULL HEADWAYPhoto from The National Tribune. (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 14 April 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana 3.79k THE BIG BATTLESHIP INDIANA (BB-1), STAR OF THE SQUADRON, LEAVING KEY WEST TO BLOCKADE HAVANA Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
Photo from The Saint Paul Globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 22 April 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana NR THE NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON NOW BLOCKADING HAVANA.
The ships include the Indiana (BB-1) & Iowa (BB-4)		 Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 23 April 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana NR BATTLE SHIP INDIANA (BB-1), Reported by Blanco to Have Run Aground.Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 30 April 1898, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana 841k JACKIES ON THE INDIANA (BB-1) WATCHING THE MANGROVE CAPTURE THE PANAMAPhoto courtesy of Colliers History of the Spanish American War, in 1898, and submitted by Daniel Wilmes.
BB-1 Indiana 126k KEEPING THE BLOCKADE. FLAGSHIP NEW YORK (ACR-02) SIGNALLING ORDERS OFF HAVANA.
The battleship Indiana (BB-1) appears in the center.		Photo from a painting by Henry Reuterdahl via uwm.edu
BB-1 Indiana NR FORWARD TURRET OF THE BATTLE-SHIP INDIANA, SAID TO BE THE FINEST FIGHTING ENGINE AFLOAT.Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 15 May 1898, Image 19 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon718kBombardment of Morro Castle by the U.S. Fleet. Artwork by unknown artist.Photographed PR-03-Box-71-13 courtesy of the Library of Congress & National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
Monitors677kOUR NAVY AS IT IS TODAY
1. Monadnock (BM-3) . 2. Petrel. 3. Puritan (BM-1) . 4. Concord. 5. Wilmington. 6. Amphitrite (BM-2) . 7. Ajax. 8. Machias. 9. Cincinnati. 10. Marblehead. 1 1. Montgomery. 12. Minneapolis. 13. Kearsarge (BB-5). 14. Kentucky (BB-6). 15. Bancroft. 16. Dolphin. 17. Vesuvius. 18. Raleigh. 19. Indiana (BB-1). 20. Iowa (BB-4). 21. Olympia. 22. Terror (M-4). 23. Catskill . 24. Miantonomah (BM-5). 25. Gustine. 26. Yorktown. 27. Texas. 28. Helena. 29. Massachusetts (BB-2). 30. Columbia. 31. New Orleans, 32. San Francisco. 33. Canonicus . 34. Camanche . 35. Monterey (BM-6). 36. Brooklyn. 37. Detroit 38. Atlanta. 39. Alabama (BB-8). 40. Albany. 41. Baltimore. 42. Chicago. 43. Newark, 44. Boston. 45. Charleston. 46. Oregon (BB-3). 47. New York. 48. Manhattan. 49. Philadelphia. 50. Lehigh. And Torpedo Boats. Drawn by "W. A. Verhas.		Image and text provided by University of Tennessee.
Photo by The Maryville Times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 28 May 1898, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
IndianaNRTHE BATTLESHIP INDIANA (BB-1) AND SEVENTEEN OTHER WARSHIPS, CONVOYING THIRTY-TWO TRANSPORTS WITH GENERAL SHAFTER'S ARMY OF 15,000 MEN, REACH SANTIAGO DE CUBA Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo & text by The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 22 June 1898, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
SANTIAGO SQUADRON 3.44k GLORIOUS HOME-COMING OF THE SANTIAGO SQUADRON
THE GREAT NAVAL PARADE ON THE HUDSON. JUST BEFORE IT REACHED CASTLE WILLIAM, FROM WHICH THE FIRST SALUTE WAS FIRED
GUNS OF SAMPSON'S SHIPS THUNDER IN PEACEFUL WATERS		 PDF Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 21 August 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
SANTIAGO SQUADRON 1.01k Wood engraving of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
BB-1 Indiana 344k The Indiana (BB-1) painted white against a black sea steaming between and shooting at sinking and burning ships during the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba (1898).
The Spanish Admiral Cervera saw that his situation was desperate and began his gallant dash out of Santiago 3 July 1898, hoping to outrun the American blockaders. Indiana did not join in the initial chase because of her extreme eastern position on the blockade, but was near the harbor entrance when destroyers Pluton and Furor emerged. In a short time both ships were destroyed by Indiana's guns and those of the other ships. Meanwhile the remaining Spanish vessels were sunk or run ashore, in one of the two major naval engagements of the war. 		Text courtesy of DANFS.
Photo by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Publishing Company Photo by Edward H. Hart, # 3b37478 courtesy of Library of Congress via Robert Hurst & Manuel Garci'a via Fabio Pena.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside & Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo & text by Richmond Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 20 March 1898, Image 3 & The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 21 August 1898, Image 22, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Santiago 5.06k Destruction of Admiral Pascual Cervera's Spanish Fleet. Created by Kurz & Allison, 22 July 1898. USN photo # Photo LC-DIG-PGA-03912 courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
Santiago de Cuba 791k Grave of Cervera's fleet, Santiago de Cuba. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a05442 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Reina Mercedes457kWreck of the Reina Mercedes at Santiago harbor, 1898. Photo LC-D4-21534 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Santiago de Cuba 599k The Oquendo and Maria Teresa, aground and burning, Battle of Santiago, 1898. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15176 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Santiago de Cuba 564k Wreck of the Maria Teresa, Battle of Santiago, 1898. Photo LC-D4-21524 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Santiago de Cuba 321k Explosion of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 1898. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15179 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Santiago de Cuba 250k Wreck of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 1898. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15182 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
VIZCAYA NR WRECK OF SPAIN'S CRACK BATTLESHIP, THE VIZCAYA
Battleships as Told by Special Photographs.
No Words Could So Eloquently Convey the Effects of a Heavy storm of Modern Naval Projectiles as These Photographs of the Splendid Ship That Was Once Spain's and Now Is Ours by Right of Conquest. All the Pictures on This Page Are Different
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 21 August 1898, Image 23, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana NR Ready for action on the Indiana (BB-1) Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 29 March 1914, Image 43, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Indiana885kOFFICER TELLS ABOUT SMASHING SPANISH FLEET AT SANTIAGO.
Pictured is Indiana (BB-1) in pursuit.		 Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 05 April 1914, Image 45, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-3 Oregon NR ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S VICTORIOUS FLEET FIRING A SALUTE AT GRANT'S TOMB.
New York gave a royal welcome to the victorious squadron of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson. When the armored cruiser New York (ACR-02), the flagship of Rear Admiral Sampson; the armored cruiser Brooklyn (ACR-3), the flagship of Rear Admiral Schley; the formidable battleships Massachusetts (BB-2), Oregon (BB-3), Iowa (BB-4), Indiana (BB-1) and Texas began their parade through New York bay and up the North river, they were surrounded by a monster fleet of excursion boats and tugs profusely decorated with Old Glory. The battle scarred ships were also decked with bunting, and as they steamed slowly along they were greeted by the booming of cannons from the pleasure yachts and the shrill shrieks of the whistles of the excursion fleet.
Proceeding up the North river, the New York floating Rear Admiral Sampson's flag, was in the lead. Then came the mammoth cruiser Brooklyn, with Rear Admiral Schley's new flag floating proudly at her fore truck, and, following the Brooklyn in the order named, were the Massachusetts, the Oregon, the Iowa, the Indiana and the Texas.
When the fleet of cruisers and battleships reached Grant's tomb, the guns that spoke at Santiago were again heard in a grand national salute of 21 guns.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The Record-Union. (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 26 August 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana 444k Indiana's (BB-1) 13 inch guns, forward turret, between 1895 and 1901. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a14252 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
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010121		1.90k Sampson's Fleet. U.S. Battleship Indiana (BB-1) In Review during the victory parade, 1898 by William H. Rau, 1898 Photo by getty.edu.
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010198x		1.89k The tug Hazelkirke with men & women spectators proceed the U.S. Battleship Indiana (BB-1) during the victory parade, 1898 by William H. Rau, 1898 Photo by getty.edu.
BB-1 Indiana 764k Sails surround the Indiana (BB-1) painted in wartime gray in a scenic view, circa 1898. Detroit Publishing Company Photo LC-DIG-det-4a05499 courtesy of loc.gov.
IndianaNRJOURNEY OF THE WARSHIPS
HONORS TO ADMIRAL SAMPSON AND HIS OFFICERS AT CARACAS.
Pictured among the officers is the Captain of the Indiana (BB-1), H.C. Taylor.		 Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 07 May 1899, Image 13, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana 158k Indiana (BB-1) tied up at pier in Brooklyn Harbor.
The vessel behind the Indiana is the former Vermont, built in Boston as a 74 gun ship of the line in 1818 but converted to a receiving ship and eventually transferred to New York, where she remained from 7/1/1884 to 8/31/1901. 		Photo i.d. & text courtesy of Ronald J. Nash.
USN / USNI photo. LOC photo of Vermont is # 4a14786v.
Return of the Conquerors, September 29, 1899 60k Oil on canvas painting entitled "Return of the Conquerors, September 29, 1899", by the artist Edward Moran (1829-1901), which appears in the collections of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland, features the Texas, Indiana (BB-1), Massachusetts (BB-2), Oregon (BB-3), Iowa (BB-4) and other ships of the victorious U.S. fleet. Partial text and drawing courtesy of USNI.
IndianaNRADMIRAL DEWEY HEADS A MOST MAGNIFICENT MARINE PAGEANT
More Than Three Million Spectators Witness the Passing of the Nation's Hero on the Bridge of the Olympia (C-6), Followed by a Great Fleet of Warships and a Thousand Vessels of Peace
Ships in Water Pageant Passing in Review Before Dewey on the Olympia, Off Grant's Tomb
On the port beam of the Olympia was the escorting ship Sandy Hook, with the Mayor and other dignitaries aboard, and in her wake at intervals of 400 yards, stretched out a mile long, were the great towering warships, the armored cruiser New York (ACR-2), the battleships Indiana (BB-1) and Massachusetts (BB-2), the cruiser Brooklyn, second-class battleship Texas, the old wooden frigate Lancaster, the gunboat Marietta (Gunboat-15) and the Chicago (CA-14), the flagship of the South Atlantic squadron. 		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo & text by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 30 September 1899, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
1900's
BB-1
010117		 2.17k Snowy day in Brooklyn for the Indiana (BB-1) & Vermont, circa 1900. National Archives Identifier: 179036458
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-13-9.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1 Indiana 1.18k INDIANA (BB-1) MAY BE AN OBJECT LESSON TO THE SULTAN Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo by Deseret Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 28 April 1900, Part 3, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana 921k Indiana (BB-1) at League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.Photo by Edward H. Hart, Photo LC-DIG-det-4a18184 courtesy of loc.gov.
BB-4 Iowa 1.47k League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1900;
Note the caption in the photo says Iowa (BB-4), however she was on the west coast during this time and Indiana (BB-1) & monitors Lehigh & Montauk were all in Philadelphia. 		Detroit Publishing Company Photo by Edward H. Hart, # 4a08494v from lcweb2.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana 750k Starboard side, circa. 1900. US National Archives photo # 80G-1035089 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.
BB-1 Indiana 759k Indiana (BB-1) looking forward from quarter deck at inspection between 1897 and 1901. Photo by Edward H.Hart, Photo LC-DIG-det-4a14266 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-1 Indiana 980k OUR FLEET'S EXERCISES IN THE CARIBBEAN
Commander D. Jerrold Kelley, U; S. N., Outlines the Purpose and Value of This Remarkable Naval Maneuver Under New Scheme of Defence It Is Proposed to Re-establish American Divisions on Homogeneous Plan and to Carry On War Drills All Quarters of the World Where United States Ships May Be Stationed.
The battleship Indiana (BB-1) is pictured above.		 Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
Photo from The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 7 December 1902, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana 92k Captain William H. Emory, USN. Standing by the after 13-inch gun turret of Indiana (BB-1) in 1903. The ship's after port 8-inch gun turret is in the left background. Captain Emory, who commanded Indiana in 1901-1903, signed the original print in the lower left. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106189. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
BB-1 Indiana 946k Cold & cloudy day in port with Indiana (BB-1) anchored with sailing ships surrounding her, 1903. Detroit Publishing Company Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15347 courtesy of loc.gov.
BB-1
010113g		 1.78k Regunning - May 1903. New 13" barrels. National Archives 179036324:
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-15-14.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010113n		 1.89k Regunning - May 1903. New 13" barrels. National Archives 179036322:
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-15-13.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
Texas 2.63k Texas at Brooklyn Navy Yard, probably in mid May 1903, beyond her is Kearsarge (BB-5) and a Indiana class, either Indiana (BB-1) or Massachusetts (BB-2).
The Auxiliary Cruiser Buffalo appears on the right, in the center is an Illinois class (Illinois (BB-7) or Alabama (BB-8). 		Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
Detroit Publishing Company Photo by Edward H. Hart. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15442 courtesy of loc.gov.
IndianaNRBATTLESHIP INDIANA (BB-1). FACETIOUSLY KNOWN IN THE NAVY AS "THE LAME DUCK". ONE OF UNCLE SAM'S WAR VESSELS THAT HAS UNDERGONE MUCH REPAIRING. AT A COST TO DATE OF NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo & text by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 20 July 1903, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Blazes Away 985k HOW OUR NAVAL GUNNERS BREAK RECORDS.
Their Marvelous Accuracy Only Attained by Constant Practice with Most Ingenious Mechanical Aids.
Champion crew of the Alabama's (BB-8) after turret.
CHAMPION GUNNER OF THE NAVY, H. TRAINOR
Trainor is the young gunner of the battleship Indiana (BB-1) who made the wonderful record of four consecutive bullseye at 1000 yards in firing an eight-inch turret gun. He was photographed with his friend Harry Hagberg.		 Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 04 October 1903, Image 31, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1
010114		 1.31k Guns - Navy Yard, New York, 6/18/1904. National Archives Identifier: 179036336
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-15-20.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010104a		 1.95k Indiana's (BB-1) guns being lifted out, Navy Yard, New York, 6/18/1904. National Archives Identifier: 179036336
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-15-21.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010104b		 1.88k Open for business, interior view, 6/18/1904. National Archives Identifier: 179036344
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-15-24.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010104c		 1.89k Sign of the times above the cabin door for Hercules as she goes about lifting the 13"/35 caliber rifle into the turret, 6/18/1904. National Archives Identifier: 179036348
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-15-26.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010104e		 2.92k Quite a pistol to draw with, 6/18/1904. National Archives Identifier: 179036356
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-15-30.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010104f		 2.75k Waitng in the well, 6/20/1904. National Archives Identifier: 179036350
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-15-27.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010104d		 1.87k 4 of this kind should win at any hand, 6/20/1904. National Archives Identifier: 179036354
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-15-29.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1 Indiana 1.43k Quay Wall Between Dry Docks 2 and 3, 7 July 1904.
Sounds to me like this almost amounts to an early 20th-century FRAM refit, which would account for her appearance in the photos.
The refit on Indiana (BB-1) involved removing and replacing her old boilers, which would necessitate removing her funnels. The refit also involved redoing the configuration of the handling arrangements for her primary armament (ammo hoists, handling rails and cars for the handling rooms). I would imagine this involved removing her main turrets to make it easier. The 1903-1904 Navy Department report also mentions her eight-inch guns being removed. Specifically the Bureau of C&R describes the refit as: "thorough overhauling as per survey to fit for service; work in connection with new boilers; repairs to inner bottom and bulkheads; fitting electric drive for 8-inch turrets; overhauling all turrets and gear; rearranging berth deck quarters; fitting new heads; fitting electric ventilation system; fitting new decks and galley; general scaling, cleaning and painting throughout. Work two-tenths completed [at end of fiscal year]. Probably date of completion 1 May 1905."As it was she wasn't recommissioned until 8 January 1906.
The floating crane in the center of the photo is Hercules (later YD-11), which spent her entire career (1903-1949) stationed at New York Navy Yard. 		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of David Wright.
National Archives Identifier: 6881024
Agency-Assigned Identifier: F654 N16
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-2 Massachusetts 705k Black & white pre cruise fitting out of the Massachusetts (BB-2), at the New York Navy Yard, 1904, Indiana (BB-1) is in the background.
Colored version appears here		 Insert photo by Robert Enrique Muller, from Lost Warships: An Archaeological Tour of War at Sea by James P. Delgado via Robert Hurst.
Photo courtesy of National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-1 Indiana 1.21k Dry Dock No. 4 Looking East from Building No. 131.
Indiana (BB-1) inboard (with only one mast in this photo) & a two funnelled battleship, either the Illinois (BB-7) or Alabama (BB-8) outboard, 5 December 1905. 		National Archives Identifier: 6282079
Agency-Assigned Identifier: F544 N69
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-1
010110		 2.19k Indiana (BB-1) - Navy Yard, New York., 2/2/1906.
The Hancock is view bow on to her stern.		 National Archives 179036410:
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-27.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010171		 3.89k Icy Indiana (BB-1) - Navy Yard, New York., 2/2/1906. National Archives 179036392:
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-18.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010135		 2.22k Chief Petty Officers' Quarters - Navy Yard, New York., 2/2/1906. National Archives 179036376:
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-10.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010122		 2.14k Crews' Washroom, Berth Deck - Navy Yard, New York., 2/2/1906. National Archives 179036404:
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-24.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010128		 2.90k Captain's Cabin - Navy Yard, New York, 2/2/1906. National Archives Identifier: 179036374
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-9.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010114a		 1.64k Forward Starboard Orlop Deck - Passage Showing 8" Turret Base - Navy Yard, New York, 2/2/1906. National Archives Identifier: 179036364
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-4.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010114b		 1.80k Inside Galley, Upper Deck - Navy Yard, New York, 2/2/1906. National Archives Identifier: 179036412
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-28.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010114c		 2.33k Berth Deck Portside - Navy Yard, New York, 2/2/1906. National Archives Identifier: 179036388
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-16.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010114d		 1.68k Sick Bay, Berth Deck - Navy Yard, New York, 2/2/1906. National Archives Identifier: 179036390
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-20.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010114e		 1.64k Dynamo Room, Orlop Deck - Navy Yard, New York, 2/2/1906. National Archives Identifier: 179036400
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-22.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010114f		 2.15k Outside of Galley, Upper Deck - Navy Yard, New York, 2/2/1906. National Archives Identifier: 179036402
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-23.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010114g		 1.82k Junior Officers Mess Room - Navy Yard, New York, 2/2/1906.
Yes, that is a wall fan and those are light bulbs, the sun also shone over 100 years ago too.		 National Archives Identifier: 179036404
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-5.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
BB-1
010114h		 1.89k Servants Quarter's, Berth Deck - Navy Yard, New York, 2/2/1906. National Archives Identifier: 179036386
Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-16-15.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.
Oyster Bay2.63kAN IMPOSING SPECTACLE
Birds-eye View Showing Position of Fleet in Naval Review at Oyster Bay.		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo & text by The Salt Lake Herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909, 04 September 1906, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Indiana1.71kTHREE BIG FIGHTERS NOW ON THE WAY TO JOIN AMERICAN FLEET AT HAVANA Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by Enrique Muller Jr., from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 26 September 1906, Last Edition, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana 1.41k SNUBBED SHIPS AND THEIR COMMANDER
The Battleship Missouri (BB-11) Is Shown in the Top Picture, the Battleship Indiana (BB-1) in the Lower. Admiral Davis in Charge of the Squadron, is Shown in the Small Picture.
The British government has cabled to Governor Swettenham peremptorily ordering him to explain his reasons for refusing the aid of the Americans and practically ordering the American fleet from Kinston harbor.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 21 January 1907, Last Edition, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
IndianaNR BATTLESHIP INDIANA'S (BB-1) PRIZE TURRET CREW AND TARGET
The Georgia's (BB-15) accident was due to an attempt to beat this record.		 Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by Enrique Muller Jr., from New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 08 August 1907, Image 3 courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
IndianaNRINDIANA (BB-1) IN DANGER
Battleship, Threatened with Destruction,Saved by Crew.
Which narrow escaped destruction when, on 5 September a fire was discovered in her coal bunkers.		 Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by Enrique Muller Jr., from New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 12 September 1907, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
WARSHIP ACCIDENTS NR BRAVE AMERICAN JACKIE IN WARSHIP ACCIDENTS PROVES AS MUCH A HERO IN PEACE AS IN WAR Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 19 October 1907, Image 29, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama650kA FLOCK OF UNCLE SAM'S PEACE DOVES AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD.
Battleship Indiana (BB-1), armored cruiser Pennsylvania (ACR-4), armored curiser Colorado (ACR-7), battleship Alabama (BB-8), armored cruiser Maryland (ACR-8), and armored cruiser West Virginia (ACR-5) in foregrd.		Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1907 Dec. 7, p. 1792.
Photo LC-DIG-det-3b13538u courtesy of loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana 295k Laundry day for the Indiana (BB-1) or Massachusetts (BB-2) at Philadelphia Navy Yard, circa 1908. Photo courtesy of phillyhistory.org
Indiana522k FIFTY BATTLECRAFT IN MIMIC WAR
The battleships Indiana (BB-1) & Wisconsin (BB-9) during exercises off Provincetown, Mass. 1909. 		Image and text provided by Oklahoma Historical Society.
Photo from Anadarko Daily Democrat.(Anadarko, Okla.) 1908-191?, 20 August 1909, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
1910's
BB-1 Indiana 99k Indiana (BB-1) after modernization, where a cage-type mainmast was added. Her low free-board is quite evident, due to the necessity to overload both coal and ammunition, for any type of endurance, over what they were designed. USN photo taken from U.S. Warships of World War 1, by P.H. Silverstone.
Indiana439kBattleship Indiana (BB-1) Being Prepared For Momentous Experiments.
Philadelphia, 17 Jan. Should the experiment that is about to be tried on the battleship Indiana be a success, navigation will be safe-guarded in a way never hoped for by the most optimistic- sailor. The warship has been drydocked at the League Island navy yard and work has already been begun to fit her with a pair of bronze fins that are to be worked from the bridge. The photograph shows the scaffolding erected amidships for the construction of the newly designed brake, which consists of broad bladed wings which fold against the side of the ship when not in use and do not impede her progress in any way....		 Image and text provided by Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library.
Photo from The Calumet News. (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 17 January 1910, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Indiana957kIndiana (BB-1) in dry dock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1 April 1910, showing the Lacoste ship brake deployed amidships. Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 63380 via Mike Green.
Indiana218kClose up view of the starboard side Indiana (BB-1) showing the installation of the Lacoste Ship Brake at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1 April 1910. Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 63511 via Mike Green.
Indiana662kMechanical Wings On Battleship To Avert Collision At Sea
These are the brakes that have been fitted to the battleship Indiana (BB-1). They are being tried at sea, and the result will be watched with keen interest by naval men and engineers all over the world. The brakes, which are great fins that open out amidships and act as rudders, stopping a ship, it is said, within her own length, will make marine disasters through collisions a thing of the past. They have been used with success on small craft. 		Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH.
Photo from The Democratic Banner.(Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 03 May 1910, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Indiana NR WON'T ADOPT SHIP BRAKES
Naval Board Finds it Increases Danger From Torpedo Attack. 		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo from The Farmville Herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 10 June 1910, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Indiana3.80kThems the brakes!
10 page PDF on the Results of model tank experiments to determine the action of a ship brake.		 Source: sname.org via Mike Green.
BB-1 Indiana 121k Indiana (BB-1) underway with New York City in the background, circa 1910-1915. Digital ID: # ggbain 09989. LC-B2-2338-6 / 2163792350_1fe278fe21_o. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
BB-1 Indiana 148k All dressed in flags with other ships of the Atlantic Fleet, the Indiana (BB-1) is pictured here, probably at Queenstown, Ireland, she fired a 21-gun salute 22 June 1911 in honor of the coronation of King George V. The Massachusetts (BB-2) is probably behind her. USN / USNI photo.
Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-4 Iowa 3.02k Iowa (BB-4) -- front left center -- Indiana (BB-1) and Massachusetts (BB-2) at Kiel, Germany, during the Academy practice cruise, Summer 1911. Ships of the German fleet are in the background. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 85736.
Various Views of the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson
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012173m		4.51k Mobilization of Atlantic Fleet at New York, 12 - 15 October 1912. Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
Review
012173		1.36k U.S. Battleship Fleet during the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson.
The nearest ship half visible on the right is the New Hampshire (BB-25) based on the distinctive half-cased stacks. The two sister ships behind her are not clear enough to specifically ID. The fourth ship is one of the Mississippi class, but again, not clear enough to ID.		 Photo i.d. via Richard M. Jensen.
Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
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012173d		1.38k Small boats join during the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson. Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
Almost UnknownNRSCENE OF UNUSUAL BEAUTY WHEN FLEET AND SHORE WERE ILLUMINATED BY MANY THOUSANDS OF FLAMING ELECTRIC BULBS
NEW YORK, Oct. 16—Pen cannot describe and even photography is inadequate in depicting the splendor of the scene at night during the visit of the fleet to this city. Thousands and thousands of electric lights were hung along Riverside drive, which parallels the Hudson river for miles, and all of the vessels in the fleet were outlined by lines of gleaming lamps. In the accompanying picture the soldiers' and sailors' monument appears in the foreground with the curved line of Riverside drive at the left. Several battleships are shown in the river, with the lights on the New Jersey shore in the distance. 		Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH.
Photo by The Democratic Banner.(Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 18 October 1912, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
League Island 351k Photo shows American Marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in February 1913, before going to Guantanamo, Cuba, in response to the Mexican Revolution. The ship to the left is the U.S. Army transport ship Meade.
The ship in the background appears to be a Indiana class (BB-1 /03) battleship. DANFS indicates that either the Indiana (BB-1) or Massachusetts (BB-2) were both on the East coast at this period of time before being decommissioned in Philadelphia the following year.		 Digital ID ggbain # 11333. LC-B2-2499-15 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection.
MONTEREY 561k OUR OBSOLETE FLEET THAT COST NEARLY $130,000,000
Pictured are the Indiana (BB-1), Iowa (BB-4) & Monterey (BM-6).		 Image and text provided by Oklahoma Historical Society.
Photo courtesy of Farmers' Champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 25 September 1913, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
IndianaNRArgentine sailors living on the battleship Indiana (BB-1). The sight of foreign seamen in complete possession of a U.S. warship is an unaccustomed one to League Island residents. Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo & text by Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 13 March 1915, Night Extra, Image 16, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana NR ARGENTINE SAILORS DRILLING AT NAVY YARD ON THE NOSE ENDS OF FIVE OF UNCLE SAM'S NAVAL BULLDOGS
An unusual photograph, taken at League Island, showing five battleships and steamer lying in a row while the seamen of the South American Republic make themselves as much at home as if on their own drill grounds, by special arrangement with the U.S. government.
Either the Indiana (BB-1) or the Massachusetts (BB-2) is the first battleship on the left side. The distinctive twin funnels of the Illinois (BB-7) or Alabama (BB-8) appear two ships down.		Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 05 March 1915, Night Extra, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-29 North Dakota300kCAMERA'S-EYE VIEW OP GREAT MASS OF FLOATING FORTRESSES BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES NAVY AS SEEN FROM THE TOP OF A MAST ON THE BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) AT LEAGUE ISLAND.
Among the forest of masts closest to the camera lies the Indiana (BB-1) or Massachusetts (BB-2).		 Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from The Evening Public Ledger, (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 04 October 1916, Night Extra, Image 18, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Reserve Basin280kPhiladelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Older warships in the Reserve Basin, photo is probably post WW I (1918 to 1920).
From right to left:
First ship: Kearsarge class (BB-5 / 6), probably Kearsarge (BB-5).
The photo shows a platform above the Navigation Bridge which is straight across the front. Photos of the Kentucky (BB-6) at this time show a similar platform but one which extends out over the conning tower roof at the center. I've not seen a photo of the Kearsarge at this time so I'm not positive.

Second ship:Wisconsin (BB-9).
Sister ship Illinois (BB-7) had a bridge structure atop the conning tower while sister Alabama (BB-8) had a second platform on the mast between the bridge and the lowest searchlight.

Third Ship: Indiana (BB-1).
This ship is "hull down" behind the Wisconsin with only her upper works visible, the 2 short funnels and the old "military" mast to the left of the Wisconsin's forward cage mast. The mast is sitting atop a round faced bridge structure. Sister Oregon (BB-3) is on the West coast and sister Massachusetts' bridge has a square face.

Fourth Ship: Iowa (BB-4).
This ship is also "hull down" and is actually beyond the fifth ship in the photo. Visible are cage main mast (second from the left in the photo), the 2 tall funnels and the military mast partially hidden the shorter funnel of the nearer ship. The funnels identify the ship.

Fifth Ship: Massachusetts (BB-2).
The aft main and secondary batteries and the cage mast are clearly visible as are the shorter funnels and the military mast (in front of Iowa's forward funnel). This is a case of everyone else is eliminated. Oregon (BB-3) is on the west coast and the Indiana is across the slip, ergo…
The last ship appears to have 4 short funnels and no cage mast which means it is probably a cruiser but I have not identified it.		Digital ID: # ggbain 09957, LC-B2-2333-3. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. Photo I.d. & text courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
Almost Unknown
010229u		 1.17k First review of warships since America entered the war forms part of Commercial Congress Convention. Fleet in bay, from stern of flagship commanded by Rear Admiral H.A. Wiley.
The subchaser SC 122 appears on the left & 2 battleships of the Indiana class bring up the rear, 26 December 1918.		 Photographer: International Film Service
National Archives Identifier: 45513413
Local Identifier: 165-WW-337D-054.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Landenberger
010139a		 74k George Bertram Landenberger, Commanded three battleships during his illustrious career, Indiana (BB-1), from 1918-19, Pennsylvania (BB-38), 1929-31 & Arkansas (BB-33) from 1931-32. Photo courtesy of en.wikipedia.org
BB-4 Iowa NR VETERAN BATTLESHIPS ARE RETIRED.
Second Time Vessels Have Passed Through Ceremony of Being Retired
United States naval officers on the deck of the battleship Iowa (BB-4) as the commission pennant was hauled down from the main mast. The flag was lowered for the last time today at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on the Iowa, Indiana (BB-1) & Massachusetts (BB-2), veterans of the Spanish & American wars. 		Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from The Evening Public Ledger, (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 31 March 1919, Night Extra Closing Stock Prices, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-04
010448		1.25kTorpedo boats and old battleships laid up in the reserve basin, in the late spring of 1919. Battleships are (left-right): Iowa (BB-4), Massachusetts (BB-2), and Indiana (BB-1). Torpedo boat nearest the Indiana is Somers (TB-22). Photo courtesy of history.navy.mil
BB-1 Indiana 209k "Flotilla A, Destroyer Force".
Tied up with sterns to the wharf in the Philadelphia Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, while awaiting decommissioning, circa May 1919. Other ships in the background include a Monitor, three old battleships and several torpedo boats. Panoramic photograph by Frawley and Collins, Mount Holly, New Jersey.
Ships in the foreground are (from left to right):
Dale (DD-4); Lawrence (DD-8); Perry (DD-11); Whipple (DD-15); Truxtun (DD-14);
A barge; Worden (DD-16); Barry (DD-2); Hull (DD-7); Hopkins (DD-6); Bainbridge (DD-1); Stewart (DD-13); Paul Jones (DD-10); Decatur (DD-5); Preble (DD-12); Preston (DD-19); Flusser (DD-20); Lamson (DD-18); Reid (DD-21); and Isabel (SP-521).
Ships in the background are (from left to right):
Amphitrite (BM-2);ex-Iowa (BB-4) outboard; ex-Massachusetts (BB-2) inboard; and ex-Indiana (BB-1).
Several torpedo boats are moored alongside the old battleships. 		Photograph # NH 105512, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center.
BB-13 Virginia 897k Navy's Pace Emphasized by Scrapping of Fleet's Erstwhile Giants Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation
Photo by The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 15 June 1919, Section 7 Magazine Section, Image 82, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-11 Missouri1.03kPhiladelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Older warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Philadelphia Evening Ledger photographer. Ships are (front row, left to right): Missouri (BB-11); one Connecticut class battleship; Michigan (BB-27); and Saint Louis (C-20). Those in the back row are (left to right): Maine (BB-10); Kentucky (BB-6); Kearsarge (BB-5); Indiana (BB-1); Massachusetts (BB-2); Iowa (BB-4); Wisconsin (BB-9); and Illinois (BB-7).U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 42525.
BB-6
010778		864k Battleships photographed in December 1919 by the Evening Public Ledger Co. From left to right: Illinois (BB-7),Wisconsin (BB-9), Iowa (BB-4), Massachusetts (BB-2), Indiana (BB-1), Kearsarge (BB-5), Kentucky (BB-6) and Maine (BB-10). Photo NH-42523 from history.navy.mil
Target Practice
Indiana709kDESTRUCTION OF THE OLD INDIANA (BB-1).
An explosion of one of the bombs placed aboard the battleship in Chesapeake Bay recently. The ship is being used for target practice.		 Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA
Photo from Evening Public Ledger.(Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 22 November 1920, Night Extra, Image 30, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Target
BB-1 Indiana 708k UNCLE SAM'S FAMOUS OLD BATTLESHIP, the Indiana (BB-1), rounds out twenty-five years of service as a target for some underwater experiments with aerial bombs.Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 28 November 1920, Image 56 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Indiana539kRESULTS OF BOMBING INDIANA (BB-1).
In late year the navy has used obsolete vessels to determine the effect of gun-fire and explosives upon heavy armor. The first of these was the old Texas, renamed the San Marcos before being used as a target. Her remains lie in the waters of Tangier Sound in Chesapeake Bay. Next the old Indiana was towed to Chesapeake Bay to a point not far distant from the San Marcos. Bombs containing a charge of explosives were placed on board her at points where the effect of the explosive was desired, and then discharged. The results we see above, and from the tangled steel girders and wreckage strewn about, it was probably an uncomfortable place to be.		 Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE.
Photo & text by The Alliance Herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922, 14 December 1920, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Indiana 795k THE BATTLESHIP VS THE AIRPLANE
Tests May Result in Revolution of Armaments
THERE may be some doubt as to the ability of an aviator to drop bombs on battleships, but there can be no disputing the fact that Brig-Gen. William Mitchell of the Army Air Service dropped a petard of no small dimensions into the most sedate and dignified naval circles when he told the Appropriations Committee of the House that any surface craft the navy has can be "damaged, destroyed or sunk" by aircraft.		 Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. via The New York Herald. (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 20 February 1921, SECTION SEVEN, Image 71, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
IndianaNRTest proves that one aerial bomb may destroy a dreadnought. Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. via New-York Tribune. (New York[N.Y.]) 1866-1924, Image 64, 23 January 1921, Page 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
General William Mitchell and the 1st Provisional Air Brigade. 468k General William Mitchell and the 1st Provisional Air Brigade. USN photo # Lot-6095-1 from the album entitled, First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921. From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com
General William Mitchell and the 1st Provisional Air Brigade. 343k 100lb demotion – Martin aircraft, with MK.20 rack and Mk.1 bomb. USN photo # Lot-6095-4 from the album entitled, First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921. From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com
Indiana 366k Practice test, note outline of ship. USN photo # Lot-6095-05 from the album entitled, First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921. From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com
Indiana 777k Indiana (BB-1) waiting to be bombed. USN photo # Lot-6095-06 from the album entitled, First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921. From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com
Indiana 409k Indiana (BB-1) test on 21 April. USN photo # Lot-6095-07 from the album entitled, First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921. From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com
Indiana 462k Indiana (BB-1) test on 23 April, which is claimed to be the first hit on a battleship. USN photo # Lot-6095-08 from the album entitled, First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921. From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com
BB-8 Alabama83kEx-Alabama (BB-8) showing the effect of a phosphorus bomb, while serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. An Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying overhead. Also visible, in the foreground, is a Navy F5L seaplane. Wrecks in the distance are the old battleships San Marcos (furthest to the left) and Indiana (BB-1). This photograph has been hand-tinted in colors. Photograph # NH 263-KN, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center.
BB-4 Iowa 1.83k Direct Hits From the Air While Traveling at Speed of Ninety Miles an Hour. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 01 May 1921, Image 73, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Indiana203kIndiana (BB-1) serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. The San Marcos lies to her right. Digital ID: # 29629v, LC-F82-5197. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
BB-1 Indiana NR OLD BATTLESHIP OF "FIGHTING BOB" EVANS IS SOLD AT AUCTION.
Hulk of the historic Indiana (BB-1), used as a target for Navy gunners and bombers, being sold at public auction as scrap. The photograph shows naval officers and steel and wrecking experts. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 23 February 1924, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-1 Indiana NR Naval Officer Forecast Role of Air Power in the Far East 20 Years Ago
This photograph was not made at Pearl Harbor, but in Chesapeake Bay more than 20 years ago... Damage from aerial bombs during the bombing of the battleship Indiana (BB-1), sunk off San Marcos Light, Chesapeake Bay, October 27-November 3, 1920, is being inspected by Brig. Gen. William L. Mitchell, former assistant Army Air Force chief, shown center, and Rear Admiral William F. Fullam, U. S. Navy, retired. Missiles of various sizes were used to determine effect. The picture shows the first deck blown off amidships. 		Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 15 March 1942, Page B-5, Image 34, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
(NISMF)371kA guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 December 1991. USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Commanding Officers
01CAPT. Evans, Robley Dungliston (Fightin' Bob), USN (USNA 1864) :RADM20.11.1895 - 1896 
02CAPT. Forsyth, James McQueen, USN00.00.1896 - 22.09.1898 
03CAPT. Taylor, Henry Clay, USN (USNA 1863) :RADM22.09.1898 - 05.10.1899 
04CAPT. Dickins, Francis William, USN (USNA 1865)05.10.1899 - 17.05.1902 
05CDR. Colahan, Charles Ellwood, USN (USNA 1869)17.05.1902 - 23.08.1902 
06CAPT. Emory, William Hemsley, USN (USNA 1866)23.08.1902 - 29.12.1903
 Decommissioned29.12.1903 - 09.01.1906 
07CAPT. Taussig, Edward David, USN (USNA 1867) :RADM09.01.1906 - 10.12.1906 
08CAPT. Mahan, Dennis Hart, USN (USNA 1869)10.12.1906 - 13.08.1907 
09CAPT. Collins, John Bartholomew, USN (USNA 1870)13.08.1907 - 05.11.1907also CA-3
10LCDR. Sticht, John Low, USN (USNA 1893)05.11.1907 - 18.12.1909 
11CAPT. Sherman, Francis Howland, USN (USNA 1876)18.12.1909 - 05.10.1910 
12CDR. Kellogg, Frank Woodruff, USN (USNA 1879)05.10.1910 - 17.09.1911 
13LCDR. Briggs, Wilbur Gearhart, USN (USNA 1898)17.09.1911 - 08.10.1911 
14LCDR. Smith, Arthur St.Clair, USN (USNA 1897) :RADM08.10.1911 - 08.09.1912 
15LCDR. Fischer, Charles Herman, USN (USNA 1899)08.09.1912 - 02.06.1913also BB-2,BB-4, BB-9
16CDR. Scott, William Pitt, USN (USNA 1894)02.06.1913 - 23.05.1914also BB-2,BB-4, BB-9
17CDR. Enochs, John Matt, USN (USNA 1901)23.05.1914 - 24.05.1917 
18CDR. Nicklett, Anthony Francis, USNR24.05.1917 - 10.02.1918 
19CDR. Landenberger, George Bertram, USN (USNA 1900)10.02.1918 - 31.03.1919 
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
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.
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