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USS Indiana (BB-58) was the second of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1930s.
USS Indiana, a 35,000-ton South Dakota class battleship built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned in April 1942. After shaking down in the Atlantic, she joined the war against Japan,...
USS Indiana (BB-58), a 35,000-ton South Dakota class battleship built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned in April 1942. After shaking down in the Atlantic, she joined the war...
The second Indiana (BB-58) was laid down on 20 November 1939, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Margaret R. Robbins, the daughter of Governor Henry...
The United States battleships Indiana (BB-58), Massachusetts (BB-59) and Alabama (BB-60) form a line ahead during target practice as seen from the South Dakota (BB-57), 1945. USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
INDIANA joined famed Task Force 58 for the Truk raid 29-30 April and bombarded Ponape Island 1 May. In June the battlewagon proceeded to the Marianas with a giant American fleet for the invasion of that strategic group.
USS Indiana (BB-58) was a South Dakota-class battleship that entered service in 1942 and served in the Pacific during World War II.
The Indiana joined the noted Task Force 58 (TF-58) for the Truk Atoll raids of April 29–April 30, and then she bombarded Ponape Island on May 1. In June the Indiana proceeded to the Marianas Islands with a gigantic American fleet for the invasion of that strategic island chain.
Following shakedown in Casco Bay, Maine, the new battleship steamed through the Panama Canal to bolster U.S. fleet units in the Pacific during the critical early months of World War II. She joined Rear Admiral Lee's carrier screening force on 28 November 1942.
USS Indiana (BB-58), 1942-1963. USS Indiana, a 35,000-ton South Dakota class battleship built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned in April 1942. After shaking down in the Atlantic, she joined the war against Japan, operating in the South Pacific from late November 1942 into October 1943.