THE SHIP

This is a Series of Photographs of the Battleship USS Indiana BB-01
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BB-01_Indiana017.jpgUnderway, starboard view.





BB-01_Indiana009.jpgAnchored, starboard view, barge alongside ship.





BB-01_Indiana001.jpgUnderway, at quarters, starboard level view.





BB-01_Indiana005.jpgAnchored, port level view.





BB-01_Indiana13.jpgSummer 1898, Underway, at quarters, starboard level view, NH #61210, NARH #19-N-6784.





BB-01_Indiana014.jpg1895-1900, underway, port front level view, NH #73975.





BB-01_Indiana011.jpgSummer 1898, off New York City, anchored, bow level view, side boat davits, NH #52644.





BB-01_Indiana008.jpgThe original USS Indiana was the first ship ordered and construcred as a battleship She was instrumental in the destruction of Spanish Admiral Cervara's fleet at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish American War of 1898.





BB-01_Indiana019.jpg 1895-1900, anchored, port side view of quarterdeck looking forward, with OOD and marine sentry.





BB-01_Indiana007.jpgAnchored, quarterdeck showing marines lined up awaiting the arrival of the Admiral.





ship/BB-01_Indiana010.jpg Circa 1898, Third Division of the USS Indiana, (BB-01).





BB-01_Indiana018.jpg Forecastle, deck view with forward 13 inch turret and port side forward twin 8 inch wing turret, NH #52653.





BB-01_Indiana016.jpgLate 1890's, tied up, open house, port side forward 8 inch turret, NH #93856.





BB-01_Indiana006.jpg Aft broadside twin 8-inch wing turret with breech-loading rifles, and one of the 3-inch field pieces which were taken ashore with the battalion when repelling a land attack.





BB-01_Indiana004.jpg Target practice on board USS Indiana showing crew of a 6-pounder rapid fire gun.





BB-01_Indiana003.jpg1908, In drydock, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn. Ships of this class were usually dry docked every six months for maintenance.





BB-01_Indiana024.jpg Postcard, birds eye view of Brooklyn Navy Yard with USS Indiana in Great White Fleet paint in dry dock. Notice sub in lower right hand corner.





BB-01_Indiana015.jpg 1898, in drydock, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, starboard front level view, chipping hull, NH #91935





BB-01_Indiana002.jpgAnchored, starboard level view, after installation of caged mainmast, added in 1908 refit



Last Updated 07 June 2000

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