file created: 12/07/02 00:45:04 , last update: 07/25/02
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BB-42 Idaho
United States Navy battleship
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
New Mexico 1915/01/20
New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
1917/05/30 1919/03/24 1947/11/24
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41: Ms 12, 42: Ms 12/Mod, 43: Ms 22, 43-45: Ms 21
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/BatDiv3 Reykjavik   114 
42/01/20       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
42/01/20 42/01/31     sail Panama > San Diego   66 
42/02 42/10/     patrols off West coast   66 
42/09/28 42/10/04     sail with Pennsylvania P.H. > San Francisco (escort: Worden, Dewey+2DD   66 
42/10/04 42/10/11     San Francisco   66 
42/10/11 42/10/14     sail from San Francisco to Puget Sound escorted by Gansevoort, Worden   66 
42/10/14 42/??     Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - regun   66 
43/ 43/04/07     P.H. - additional training   66 
43/04/07 43/04/16     sail from San Pedro, Cal. to Kuluk Bay, Adak (with Nevada and DDs)   81 
43/04/17 43/04/27     practice landing at San Clemente Is to prepare Attu landing   85 
43/04/17 43/04/30     patrol between Kamchatka and Komandorski Is.   81 
43/05/04 43/05/24 Landcr 51.1 land Attu   85  81 
43/05/25 43/06/22   16.17 patrol out of Adak (with Tennessee and Portland)   81 
43/07/04 43/07/13   16.17 patrol from Adak to Dutch Harbor   81 
43/07/23 43/07/31   16.22/BatDiv3 xGhost -off Aleutians  
43/08/02 43/08/03   16.17 shell Kiska   85 
43/08/08 43/08/09     sail from Adak to Dutch Harbor for ammo   81 
43/08/09 43/08/10     sail from Dutch Harbor to Adak   81 
43/08/10 43/08/18 Cotta 16.17     85 
43/08/28 43/09/06     sail from Adak to San Francisco   81 
43/09/06       San Francisco   81 
43/09/10 43/09/29     HPNY   81 
43/09/29 43/10/02     sail from Mare Island to San Diego   66 
43/09/30 43/10/18     San Pedro, Cal.   81 
43/10/19 43/10/25     sail from San Pedro, Cal. to P.H. (with New Mexico, Mississippi)   81 
43/10/25 43/11/10     P.H. - preparations for Galvanic   66 
43/11/10 43/11/30 Galvan 52.2.1     66 
43/11/30 43/12/05     sail from Makin to P.H.   81 
43/12/05 44/01     P.H.   88 
44/01/ 44/02/07 Flint 52.8.2     66 
44/03     36/BatDiv3 land Emirau   70 
44/03/20     36/BatDiv3 land Emirau: shell Kavieng   70 
44/04/23 44/04/29     sail from Efate to Sydney (with Pennsylvania and New Mexico)   81 
44/04/29 44/05/0?     Sydney   66 
44/05/10 44/06/02     Efate - training   66 
44/05/29 44/08/02 Forage 52.10/FSU6     66 
44/06/03 44/07/21 Forage 53.5/BatDiv3    
44/08       Esp. Santo - drydocked   66 
44/08/06 44/08/06     Eniwetok   88 
44/08/29       Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/09       Guadalcanal - landing rehersals   66 
44/09/12 44/09/24 Stale2   land Peleliu   66 
44/10 44/10/22     sail Peleliu > Manus > Bremerton   66 
44/10/22 45/01/01     PSNY - repairs - 5''/25 cal guns replaced by 5''/38 cal   66  81 
45/01 45/01/20     battle practice off California   66 
45/01/20 45/01/24?     sail San Diego > P.H.   66 
45/02/16 45/03/07 Detach 54.9.2     66 
45/03/05 45/04/20 Iceber 54.5    
45/03/07       detached to Ulithi   66 
45/03/21 45/05/28 Iceber 54.1.4     66 
45/04/01 45/04/01 Iceber 54.3.1     66 
45/04/12   Iceber 54.1 damage(kami) 10 nm W of Zampa Misaki, Okinawa (26-26N, 127-32E)   85 
45/04/20 45/04/24     sail Okinawa > Guam   66 
45/04/24 45/05     Guam - repairs   66 
45/05/22 45/05/28 Iceber 54     66 
45/05/28 45/06/20 Iceber 34     66 
45/06/13   Iceber 34 grounded in Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-14N, 127-57E)   85 
45/06/24? 45/08/20     Leyte Gulf - TrainingCommand - Flagship  
45/08/27 45/09/06     Tokio Bay   66 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1946/07/03 decom.
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars
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