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BB-58 Indiana
United States Navy battleship
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
South 1939/11/20
Newport News Shipb. & Dry Dock Co., Newp. News
1941/11/21 1942/04/30 1963/09/06
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:28x28/75
Camouflage: 42/04-42/12: Ms 12/Mod, 42/12-43: Ms 22, 43-44/11: Ms 32/16d, 44/11-45: Ms 22
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/11/14       joinPac   112 
42/11/14 42/11/28     sail from Panama to Tongatabu   112 
42/11/30 42/12/02     sail from Tongatabu to Noumea   112 
42/12/08       shell Nauru   112 
42/12/23 43/01/02     Noumea   112 
43/01/02 43/01/10   64 cover TG 62.2 transports reinforcing Guadalcanal   112 
43/01/10 43/01/28     Noumea   112 
43/01/28 43/02/12   64 xRennel   112 
43/02/12 43/02/13     Noumea   81 
43/02/13 43/02/26     out of Noumea   112 
43/02/26 43/03/10     Noumea   112 
43/03 43/08/01     Noumea   112 
43/03/11 43/03/13   64 drills out of Noumea   112 
43/06/29 43/07 Cartwh 36.3    
43/08/01 43/08/08     sail from Noumea to P.H. with Victorious escorted by Boyd   112  81 
43/08/22 43/09/07   15 raid Marcus   66 
43/09/07 43/10/21     P.H. - exercises   112 
43/10/21 43/12/13 Galvan 50.2    
43/12/06 43/12/08 Galvan 50.8 shell  
43/12/13 44/01/18     Efate   112 
44/01/18 44/01/19?     sail from Efate to Funafuti   112 
44/01/19 44/02/02 Flint 58.1.3    
44/02/02   Flint 58.1.3 damage(collision with Washington) (07-50.2 N, 167-28.5E)   112 
44/02/03 44/02/07     Majuro - temporary repairs   66 
44/02/07 44/02/13     sail from Majuro to P.H.   112 
44/02/13 44/04/0?     PHNY - repairs   66 
44/04/10 44/04/11   15 exercises out of P.H.   81 
44/04/14 44/04/19     sail from P.H. to Marshalls   112 
44/04/19 44/04/26     sail from Marshalls to Manus   112 
44/04/26 42/04/28     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   112 
44/04/28 44/05/14 Reckle 58.3/BatDiv8/DF     112 
44/05/01   Mudba 58.7 shell Ponape   81 
44/06/06 44/06/2? Forage 58.7/BatDiv8/GF     86 
44/06/19   Forage 58.7/BatDiv8/GF xPhilip - damaged by suicide plane (14-04N, 143-23E)   86 
44/06/2? 44/07/30 Forage 58.?     112 
44/07/30 44/08/0? Forage 58.4     66  81 
44/08/0? 44/08/12 Forage 58.7     112 
44/08/11 44/08/18     Eniwetok   88 
44/08/26 44/09/21 King2 38.3/BatDiv8    
44/09/21 44/10/04     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   112 
44/10/04 44/10/14     sail from Manus to P.H.   112 
44/10/16 44/10/22     sail from P.H. to Bremerton   112 
44/10/23 44/12/06     PSNY - overhaul   66  112 
44/12/06 44/12/12     sail from Bremerton to P.H.   112 
44/12/12 45/01/10     P.H. - training   66 
45/01/10 45/01/17     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok   112 
45/01/18 45/01/20     sail from Eniwetok to Saipan   112 
45/01/21 45/01/27   94.9 shell Iwojima   66  85 
45/01/26 45/02/10     Ulithi   112 
45/02/10 45/03/05 Detach 58.1/BatDiv8     66  84 
45/03/03 45/03/05 Detach 59/BatDiv8 detached from TF 58 for exercises   112 
45/03/14 45/05/28 Iceber 58.1/BatDiv8    
45/03/24   Iceber 59.7.3/59.1.3 shell Okinawa   112 
45/04/19 45/04/19 Iceber 58.7    
45/05/28 45/06/10 Iceber 38.1     66 
45/06/05   Iceber 38.1 damage(typhoon) (22-51N,132-14E)   85 
45/06/10 45/06/13 Iceber 30.2     66 
45/07/01 45/08/15   38.1 raid Home Islands   66 
45/07/14 45/07/18   34.8.1 shell Kjushu, Hokkaido   85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1962/06/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars
Notice: nickname "Indy", Indian Country" mast is now erected at the University of Indiana at Bloomington, anchor rests at Fort Wayne