USS Indiana (BB-58)

USS Indiana, 8 September 1942
History
United States
Namesake:	State of Indiana
Builder:	Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down:	20 November 1939
Launched:	21 November 1941
Commissioned:	30 April 1942
Decommissioned:	11 September 1947
Struck:	1 June 1962
Honors and awards:	9 battle stars
Fate:	Sold for scrap 23 October 1963
General characteristics
Class and type:	South Dakota-class battleship
Displacement:	37,970 long tons (38,580 t) (standard) 44,519 long tons (45,233 t) (full load)
Length:	680 ft (210 m) o/a
Beam:	108 ft 2 in (32.97 m)
Draft:	29.3 ft (8.9 m)
Installed power:	130,000 shp (97,000 kW) Eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Propulsion:	Four-shaft General Electric steam turbines
Speed:	27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Range:	15,000 nmi (28,000 km; 17,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew:	1,793 officers and enlisted men (peace) 2,500 officers and enlisted men (war)
Armament:	9 × 16 in (410 mm)/45 caliber Mark 6 guns 20 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber DP guns 6 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns 16 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons
Armor:	Belt: 12.2 in (310 mm) Deck: 6 in (152 mm) Turrets: 18 in (46 cm) Barbettes: 17.3 in (440 mm) Conning tower: 16 in (410 mm)
Aircraft carried:	3 × "Kingfisher" floatplanes
Aviation facilities:	2 × catapults

USS Indiana (BB-58), a South Dakota-class battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 19th state. Her keel was laid down on 20 November 1939 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 21 November 1941 sponsored by Mrs. Lewis C. Robbins, daughter of Indiana governor Henry F. Schricker, and commissioned on 30 April 1942, Captain, later Vice Admiral, Aaron Stanton Merrill in command.

Indiana was 680 feet (210 m) long overall and had a beam of 108 ft 2 in (32.97 m) and a draft of 35 ft 1 in (10.69 m). She displaced 37,970 long tons (38,580 t) as designed and up to 44,519 long tons (45,233 t) at full combat load. The ship was powered by four-shaft General Electric steam turbines and eight oil-fired Babcock & Wilcox boilers rated at 130,000 shaft horsepower (97,000 kW), generating a top speed of 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph). The ship had a cruising range of 15,000 nautical miles (28,000 km; 17,000 mi) at a speed of 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph). She carried three Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes for aerial reconnaissance. Her peace time crew numbered 1,793 officers and enlisted men but during the war the crew swelled to 2,500 officers and enlisted.