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Indiana was constructed from a modified version of a design drawn up by a US Navy policy board in 1889 for a short-range battleship. The original design was part of an ambitious naval construction plan to build 33 battleships and 167 smaller ships.
USS Indiana (BB-1), a 10,288-ton battleship, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and commissioned in November 1895. She spent her entire career in the Atlantic area. During the...
USS Indiana (Battleship # 1, BB-1), 1895-1920, later renamed Coast Battleship # 1 USS Indiana , a 10,288-ton battleship, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and commissioned in...
Underway with a collapsed bow, after colliding with USS Indiana (BB-58) during the Marshalls Operation, 1 February 1944. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 615 pixels
USS Indiana (Battleship No. 1) was the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time. Authorized in 1890 and commissioned five years later, she was a small battleship, though with heavy armor and ordnance.
Photographed circa early 1900s.
The U.S. Navy battleship USS Indiana (BB-1) Categories: Ships and Submarines. Print. Buy Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s ...
