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BB-50 INDIANA

Radio Call Sign: November - India - Romeo - Golf

South Dakota Class Battleship: Displacement: 43,200 tons. Dimensions: 684' (length overall); 106' (maximum beam). Powerplant: 60,000 horsepower steam turbines with electric drive, producing a 23 knot maximum speed. Armament (Main Battery): Twelve 16"/50 guns in four triple turrets. Armament (Secondary Battery): Sixteen 6"/53 guns in single mountings (eight guns on each side of the ship). 8 3"/50cal AA, 2 21 inch torpedo tubes (submerged). Armor: 8-13.5 inch belt, 3.5 inch deck, 4.5-13.5 inch barbettes, 5-18 inch turrets, 8-16 inch CT.Crew: 1191.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York Navy Yard 1 November 1920. Suspended 8 February 1922 when 34.7% complete; cancelled under the Washington Treaty 17 August 1922; stricken 25 October 1923 and subsequently scrapped.

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Construction 1920 - 1922
	483k	Our New Battleships & T-Boats Lead World's Navies Vessels of the North Carolina class When Completed Will Put United States in Advance of Any Nation When Major Fighting Craft Are Considered---Fleet Submarines Under Construction Completely Overshadow Famous *Deutschland* in Size and Speed Besides Possessing Latest Marvels in Mechanical Equipment.	Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT. Photo from The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 31 May 1921, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.39k	*America's Progress in Disarmament* Work Suspended on Nine Capital Ships, the Fleet Undermanned, the Army Reduced. United States Leads in Arms Limitation	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 12 November 1921, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.53k	Secretary Hughes Delivering His Epoch-Making Disarmament Proposal A general view of the first plenary session of the Conference for the Limitation of Armament in Washington last Saturday. The United States Secretary of State, as chairman of the meeting, is shown at the center of the table, reading his address.	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 15 November 1921, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	252k	Full-length portrait of Edwin Denby standing, inspecting a 16-inch, 50 caliber gun at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D.C. on 17 December 1921.	Digital ID: # cph 3a42380, LC-USZ62-42057. Washington, D.C., 1922, v. 2, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
	301k	Navy Secretary Edwin Denby and staff touring Washington Navy Yard, inspecting large guns for battleships yet to be built on 17 December 1921.	Digital ID: # cph 3b10973, LC-USZ62-63358. Washington, D.C., 1922, v. 2, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
	NR	SECRETARY DENBY MAKES TOUR OF INSPECTION OF WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. As a result of the conference on limitation of armament, this spot in the Washington navy yard may become the "graveyard" of the Navy Department. Photograph shows finished guns of various calibers. Intended for battleships yet to be built by Uncle Sam. The Secretary is accompanied by Admiral Coontz, chief of naval operations; Admiral McVay, chief of the bureau of ordnance, and other Navy officials.	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star.([volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 19 December 1921, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	564k	16-inch, 50 caliber gun under construction.	Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
	218k	View of the Indiana (BB-50) aft looking forward at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, 1 January 1922. Note the size of the turret casings next to the men standing behind them.	Photo # 19-N-4119 from the National Archives & Record Administration (NARA), Record Group (RG-19-N, Box 3). Courtesy of Dan Treadwell.
	324k	Scene in the Naval Gun Shop, Washington, D.C. 10 February 1922. 16-inch guns under construction. "Shop is idle today, employees numbering 1350 having been laid off yesterday." (Result of Naval Disarmament Treaty.)	Digital ID: # cph 3b01777u, LC-USZ62-53813. Washington, D.C., 1922, v. 2, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
	203k	New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, 10 March 1922. View from forward of the Indiana (BB-50) looking aft.	Photo # 19-N-4130 from the National Archives & Record Administration (NARA),Record Group (RG-19-N, Box 3). Courtesy of Dan Treadwell.
	197k	New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, 10 March 1922. View from 3rd turret of the Indiana (BB-50) looking aft.	Photo # 19-N-4128 from the National Archives & Record Administration (NARA), Record Group (RG-19-N, Box 3). Courtesy of Dan Treadwell.
	456k	New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, 10 March 1922. View of the Indiana (BB-50) from aft looking forward.	Photo # 19-N-9247 from NARA College Park, courtesy of Tracy White @ researcheratlarge.com
	202k	*The new Indiana* (BB-50) - our latest desgign of battleship, one of a class of six.**	Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
015006	NR	*Scrap Heap for Indiana* (BB-50) As though it wore a piece of pie, the stem of the Indiana** was sliced off at Brooklyn, N. Y., Navy Yard, where the battleship is being scrapped.	Image and text provided by University of Alabama Libraries, Tuscaloosa, AL. Photo by The Birmingham Age-Herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 03 December 1923, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
015405	441k	One of the turret shells of Massachusetts (BB-54) at the Bethlehem Steel factory, 1920's.	Photo courtesy of 64.media.tumblr.com via Daniel Hacker.
	64k	Artist's sketch of this class of ship underway. Painting by Rose Stokes, 1922.	USN Historical Center # NH 63502-KN.
	329k	Oil on canvas painting by the artist Wayne Scarpaci showing a South Dakota class (BB-49 /54) battleship as it probable would have appeared circa 1938. The piece is entitled "Clearing St George's Light".	Photo and text courtesy of artbywayne.com
	161k	On display in East Willard Park, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., in October 1974. This gun is Number 111, built at the Washington Navy Yard in 1922 for planned installation on the abortive South Dakota class (BB-49 /54) battleships and Lexington (CC-1-6) class battle cruisers. Note railway trucks supporting the gun barrel. The two sixteen-inch projectiles displayed alongside the gun are inert shells fired by New Jersey (BB-62) into San Clemente Island, California, during shore bombardment practice in 1968.	USN Historical Center # NH 81481.
	181k	Sixteen-inch, 50 Caliber, Mark 2, Mod. 1 Gun Barrel On display in East Willard Park, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., in October 1974. This gun is Number 111, built at the Washington Navy Yard in 1922 for planned installation on the abortive South Dakota class (BB-49 /54) battleships and Lexington (CC-1-6) class battle cruisers. Note railway trucks supporting the gun barrel. The two sixteen-inch projectiles displayed alongside the gun are inert shells fired by New Jersey (BB-62) into San Clemente Island, California, during shore bombardment practice in 1968.	USN Historical Center # NH 81482.
	371k	A guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 December 1991.	USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil, Defense Visual Information Center.

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