SPECIFICATIONS

The specifications of the Indiana were:

GENERAL
  Builder Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, VA
  Laid Down 20 November 1939
  Launched 21 November 1941
  Commissioned 30 April 1942
  Operational 09 November 1942
  Disposition On 11 September 1946 was put in commission in reserve at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. On 11 September 1947 was decommissioned. Was stricken from the Navy List on 01 June 1962 and sold on 06 September 1963 to Nicolia Joffe Corporation for $418,317. Scrapped

DISPLACEMENT
  Light Ship 34,044 tons
  Standard 35,900 tons
  Optimun Battle 43,053 tons
  Full Load 44,374 tons
  Emergency load 45,610 tons

DIMENSIONS
  Length Overall 680' 0.000"
  Waterline Length 666' 0.000"
  Maximum Beam 108' 2.000"
  Mean Draft  27' 9.500" @ 34,044 tons
     33' 9.813" @ 42,545 tons
     35' 9.500" @ 45,610 tons
     36' 2.000" @ Maximum draft

ARMAMENT
  Nine 16-inch/45 Caliber (Mark 6) (406mm)  
  Twenty 5-inch/38 Caliber (Mark 12) (127 mm)  
  Forty-eight 40 mm/56  
  Fifty-one 20 mm/70  

TANK CAPACITIES
  Fuel Oil 6,635.0 tons
  Diesel Oil   187.7 tons
  Gasoline    21.5 tons
  Reserve Feed Water   341.2 tons
  Potable Water   438.7 tons

MACHINERY
  Boilers and Double Uptakes Eight three drum express type Foster Wheeler boilers fitted with two furnaces
  Turbines Four sets Westinghouse geared turbines
  Shaft Horsepower 130,000 Forward
     32,000 Astern
  Maximum Speed 27.8 knots @ 185 rpm - 1941
    27.0 knots - 1945
  Nominal Endurance 17,000 nautical miles @ 15 knots - 1945
     6,400 nautical miles @ 25 knots - 1945
  Generators Seven ship's service turbogenerators (1,000 kw)
    Two emergency diesel generators (200 kw)
    Total ship's servuce capacity: 7,000 kw, 450 volts, AC
  Propellers Two four bladed 17'-6" diameter propellers - inboard
    Two four bladed 17'-8 1/2'' diameter propellers - outboard
  Rudders Two rudders with a projected profile area of  273 square feet each

WEIGHT SUMMARY
  ITEM TONS PERCENT
  Hull structure(excluding armor) 13,354.946 37.99
  Armor 13,943.154 39.63
  Propulsion & electrical 3,441.688 9.79
  Communication & control 33.365 0.08
  Auxiliary systems 730.184 2.07
  Outfit & furnishings 1,083.904 3.08
  Armament 2,607.779 7.43
  Light Ship Displacement 35,195.020 100.00
  Ammunition 2,283.613  
  Complement 194.464  
  Supplies & stores 936.936  
  Aeronautics 53.908  
  Standard Displacement 38,663.941  
  Fuel oil 4,883.440  
  Reserve feed water 249.840  
  Full Load Displacement 43,797.221  

SOURCES:

Benjamin M. Givens, Jr.
World War II Diary
Unpublished
Vienna, VA, 1988
Ship's Log, USS Indiana (BB-58)
US Archives
Washington, DC
Ship's History, USS Indiana (BB-58)
Naval Historical Center, Bldg. #57
Washington Navy Yard
Washington, DC
USS Indiana Cruise Book
San Francisco,CA, 1945
Last Updated 22 October 1999

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