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INDIANA (BB 50)

BATTLESHIP

UIC:
Class:BB 49 Fleet:
Status:Disposed of, sold for scrapping Homeport:
Date status changed:10/25/1923 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: NAV SY/NEW YORK
Delivery Date:
Award Date:07/02/1918 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):
Keel Date:11/01/1920 Commission Date:
Launch Date: Decommission Date:
Years from Commission to Decommission:
Stricken Date: 11/10/1923

Overall Length: Waterline Length:
Extreme Beam: Waterline Beam:
Maximum Navigational Draft: Draft Limit:
Light Displacement: Full Displacement:
Dead Weight:
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers:
Propulsion Type:
Accommodations: Officers: Enlisted:

Remarks: CONSTRUCTION WAS SUSPENDED ON 2/8/1922 WHEN 34.7% OF THE CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLE
TE. CONSTRUCTION WAS CANCELLED ON 8/17/1923 IN ACCORDANCE WITH TERMS OF THE WASH
INGTON TREATY LIMITING NAVAL ARMAMENTS. INDIANA WAS SOLD FOR SCRAP TO THE STEEL
SCRAP CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. SHE WAS SCRAPPED ON THE BUILDING WAYS. THE ARMOR TH
AT WAS RESERVED FOR THE SHIP IN STORAGE WAS USED TO REINFORCE THE DEFENSES AND
LOCKS AT THE PANAMA CANAL.



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