USS Indiana

USS Indiana, hull number BB-58, was the second of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the Washington limit of 35,000 long tons (35,562 t). A requirement to be armored against the same caliber of guns as they carried, combined with the displacement restriction, resulted in cramped ships, a problem that was exacerbated as wartime modifications that considerably strengthened their anti-aircraft batteries significantly increased their crews.

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BB-58; BB-58
beam 33 metre, length 207 metre, draft 11 metre, draft 8.9 metre, speed 27.8 knot, length 210 metre, beam 32.7 metre, 
battleship, South Dakota-class battleship, Newport News Shipbuilding, United States Navy, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1941-11-21T00:00:00Z

1941-11-21T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1942-04-30T00:00:00Z

1942-04-30T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1947-09-11T00:00:00Z

1947-09-11T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1939-11-20T00:00:00Z

1939-11-20T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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Frameless

USS Indiana (BB-58) - 80-G-6692

USS Indiana stern view Hampton Roads NARA BS 33570

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) opens fire on Kaimaishi on 9 August 1945 (80-G-339333)

USS Indiana Hampton Roads NARA BS 33571

USS Indiana (BB-58) - 80-G-318948

USS Indiana Hampton Roads NARA BS 33573

USS Indiana Hampton Roads NARA BS 33574

Wikivoyage banner Bombardment of Kamaishi

USS Indiana in Norfolk NARA BS 33578

USS Indiana firing on Kamaishi on 9 August 1945 US Navy photo 80-G-339340

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		USS Indiana (BB-58) - 80-G-6692		Commons
commons	image		USS Indiana stern view Hampton Roads NARA BS 33570		Commons
commons	image		USS Massachusetts (BB-59) opens fire on Kaimaishi on 9 August 1945 (80-G-339333)		Commons
commons	image		USS Indiana Hampton Roads NARA BS 33571		Commons
commons	image		USS Indiana (BB-58) - 80-G-318948		Commons
commons	image		USS Indiana Hampton Roads NARA BS 33573		Commons
commons	image		USS Indiana Hampton Roads NARA BS 33574		Commons
commons	image		Wikivoyage banner Bombardment of Kamaishi		Commons
commons	image		USS Indiana in Norfolk NARA BS 33578		Commons
commons	image		USS Indiana firing on Kamaishi on 9 August 1945 US Navy photo 80-G-339340		Commons