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Photo # 80-G-6692:  USS Indiana's forward sixteen-inch guns, 30 April 1942

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USS Indiana (BB-58), 1942-1963 -- Part II


This page features additional images related to USS Indiana (BB-58).

For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Indiana (BB-58), 1942-1963.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: 80-G-6692

    USS Indiana (BB-58)


    View of the ship's forward 16"/45 guns, taken at Newport News, Virginia, on 30 April 1942, the day of her commissioning.
    Note anchor chains and capstains, armored conning tower and Mark 38 main battery director atop her superstructure.
    Fire control radar antennas have not yet been fitted atop her gun directors.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 112KB; 600 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-325209

    USS Indiana (BB-58)


    Catholic Chaplain serves Holy Communion while holding Mass on the quarterdeck, during the Okinawa operation, 1 April 1945.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 135KB; 740 x 620 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-318948

    USS Indiana (BB-58)


    Receives powder for her 16-inch guns, via highline from USS Wrangell (AE-12), during the Okinawa operation, 8 April 1945.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 134KB; 740 x 565 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-342732

    USS Indiana (BB-58)


    Taking water over the bow, while steaming through a typhoon in the Okinawa area, circa 5 June 1945.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 620 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     


    USS Indiana is seen, distantly, in the left background of the following photographs of another ship:

    Photo #: 80-G-235080

    USS Iowa
    (BB-61)

    Underway at sea during the Marshalls Operation, 24 January 1944.
    She is wearing Camouflage Measure 32, Design 1B.
    In the left distance, also painted in Camouflage Measure 32 (possibly Design 11D), is USS Indiana (BB-58).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 62KB; 650 x 675 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-235080 (cropped)

    USS Iowa
    (BB-61)

    Underway at sea during the Marshalls Operation, 24 January 1944.
    She is wearing Camouflage Measure 32, Design 1B.
    In the left distance, also painted in Camouflage Measure 32 (possibly Design 11D), is USS Indiana (BB-58).
    This image has been cropped from Photo # 80-G-235080 to emphasize the ships and their camouflage patterns.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 580 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     


    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Indiana (BB-58), 1942-1963.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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