U.S.S. Indiana
BB-58
1943
(Neptun 1301b)
- Class: South Dakota - 4 battleships of 1938
- Displacement: 35,000 tons
- Dimensions: 666(wl) 680(oa) x 108.25 x 29.25 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 130,000 = 28 knots
- Armor: belt 18 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 9-16"/45 (3x3), 20-5"/38 (10x2), 48-40mm (12x4) A.A. guns; 3 aircraft
- Complement: 2,500
- Builder: Newport News, Norfolk, VA
- Keel Laid: 20 Nov 1939
- Launched: 21 Nov 1941
- Commissioned: 30 Apr 1942
- Decommissioned: 11 Sep 1948
- Stricken: 1 Jun 1962
- Actions: Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Marianas, Palau, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1944-45.
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