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Online Library of Selected Images
Ships of the Spanish-American War--
Battleships--USS Indiana

USS Indiana (Battleship # 1) was built between 1891 and 1895. During the Spanish-American War, she was active in operations off Cuba, and took part in the naval battle off Santiago on 3 July 1898. Indiana's service continued through World War I. In 1920, she was sunk as a target during tests of the effectiveness of aerial bombs.

This page features views of the Indiana, including photographs taken on board the ship.

If better quality reproductions than these digital images are desired, see "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

In all cases, clicking on the small photograph will prompt a larger view of the same image.

Photo #: NH 73975

USS Indiana (BB-1)

Undated photograph, probably taken circa 1895-1900.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 55,051 bytes; 740 x 575 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 61210

USS Indiana (BB-1)

Photograph taken in the summer of 1898.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 58,355 bytes; 740 x 545 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 91935

USS Indiana (BB-1)

In drydock at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY, during 1898.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 52644

USS Indiana (BB-1)

Photographed off New York City by George P. Hall & Sons, summer 1898. USS Iowa (BB-4) is in the distance, beyond Indiana's starboard side.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 60,859 bytes; 600 x 780 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 52653

USS Indiana (BB-1)

View on the forecastle, circa 1897, showing some of her crewmen, her pilothouse, forward 13-inch gun turret and forward port 8- inch gun turret. Halftone photograph, copied from the contemporary publication Uncle Sam's Navy, 1898.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 67,060 bytes; 740 x 616 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 93856

USS Indiana (BB-1)

Crewmen standing atop her forward port side 8-inch gun turret, circa the later 1890s. The small steamer Riverside is visible on the right.

Courtesy of Paul Silverstone, 1982.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 59,602 bytes; 575 x 770 pixels

 

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15 February 1998