Indiana II (BB-58: dp. USS Indiana (BB-58) Vue d'ensemble. USS Indiana - NH 52662.jpg 3,852 × 4,175; 7.33 MB. Indiana) As the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet approached the Marianas to try to repel the Americans, the Indiana steamed out to meet them as part of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee's battle line. Mar 21, 2018 - Explore Sean DeCarlo's board "USS Indiana BB-58", followed by 172 people on Pinterest. These naval air raids did as much as they could to aid the ground campaign, and damage the Japanese at home. Three more 40The new battleship was authorized on 27 March 1934 by the Davis transferred his flag to another vessel and on 2 February, A more significant Japanese counterattack came in the form of the The ship got underway again on 10 February as part of TGThe ships of BatDiv 8 left Okinawa at the end of the month and returned to Ulithi, where they remained from 1 to 9 May. The veteran battleship arrived in Tokyo Bay on September 5, 1945, and nine days later she steamed for San Francisco, California, where she arrived on September 29, 1945. Launched on November 21, 1941. The fleet resumed its normal operations in support of the Okinawa fight on 7 June, including air strikes on Japanese airfields on Kyushu the next day that Plans were drawn up during the period she was in reserve to modernize Several parts of the ship have been preserved in her namesake state, including one of her History of USS Indiana BB 58. The air battle was called the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. USS Indiana (BB-58) In a South Pacific harbor.jpg 5,727 × 4,516; 5.19 MB. USS Indiana (BB-58) underway in January 1944.jpg 2,440 × 1,830; 2.19 MB. Statistiques. Déplacement: 35 000 tonnes Longueur: 680 pi Faisceau: 107,8 pi Brouillon: 29,3 pi Propulsion: 30 000 CV, 4 x turbines à vapeur, 4 x hélices After her overhaul, the Indiana steamed for Pearl Harbor.Reaching Pearl Harbor December 12, the Indiana immediately began underway training preparedness. 9 16", 20 6", 24 40mm., 16 20mm., cl.
With able assistance from submarines, Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's forces sank three Japanese aircraft carriers, also, including the Sh?kaku and the brand-new Taih?. The two large fleets approached each other on 19 June 1944 for the biggest carrier air battle of the war, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and as four large air raids hit the American formations, the F6F Hellcat carrier fighter planes of the fleet, with minor assistance by the ships in the screens, shot down nearly 400 of the Japanese attackers.
Commissioned April 30, 1942 with Captain A.A. Merrill in command. See more ideas about Uss indiana, Us battleships, Battleship. Laid down on November 20, 1939. These treaties … Nation: États Unis Type: Bataille navale Chantier naval: Newport News Construction navale Couché: 20 novembre 1939 Lancé: 21 novembre 1941 Commandé: 30 avril 1942 Sort: Vendu à la ferraille, 1963 Caractéristiques. USS Indiana BB-58 Conversion/Backdate Set 1942 Yankee Modelworks | N° YKM-3013 | 1:350. During this period she often repelled enemy suicide plane attacks as the Japanese tried desperately but vainly to stem the mounting tide of defeat. After returning to the fleet in April 1944, she took part in the The ship's light anti-aircraft battery was gradually expanded. She bombarded Saipan Island on June 13–June 14, and she shot down several enemy aircraft with her anti-aircraft battery while fighting off air attacks on June 15. USS Indiana (BB-58) was the second of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1930s. Jan 31, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Robert Macky. "The Indiana shot down several planes, and endured two near misses by torpedos. She steamed out on January 10, 1945, and with a fleet of battleships and cruisers, she bombarded The Indiana steamed out of Ulithi on March 14 for the crucial invasion of Okinawa, and until June 1945, she steamed in support of carrier operations against Japan and Okinawa. The USS Indiana was one of several battleships constructed prior to the start of the Second World War designed to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, the London Naval Treaty of 1930 and the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936. 108'2"; dr. 29'3"; s. 27 k.; cpl. Wartime Service Following shakedown in Casco Bay, Maine, USS Indiana traveled through the … The Indiana joined the noted Task Force 58 (TF-58) for the Truk Atoll raids of April 29–April 30, and then she bombarded Ponape Island on May 1. USS Indiana; BB-58 USN South Dakota Class Battleship USN c1944: Ship History Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company at Newport News, Virginia.