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Internet Information and Links

Placed in Commission in Reserve, Pier #5, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, September 11, 1946,
1515 Hours
Decommissioned, Puget Sound, September 11, 1947
Stricken From the Navy List, June 01, 1962
Sold for $418,317, September 06, 1963
Scrapped

Artifacts:
One of the USS Indiana’s two anchors is reportedly at:

Columbia River Maritime Museum
1792 Marine Drive
Astoria, Oregon

[Note: In April 2015 we visited the Columbia
Maritime Museum. I asked at the information
desk about the anchor and they said it was NOT
from the USS Indiana. From the tone of the
answer, I’m guessing that they get asked this all
the time. Just goes to show how information on the
internet can be wrong. **Update (June 2020) **
David Backman Jr. told me of the actual
whereabouts of some USS Indiana ship parts. The
bow, mast and a gun are now at the University of
Indiana football stadium – see photograph right!]

[Note: Edited, adding in “Backie’s” timeframe.]

References:
Battleships
United States Battleships, 1935-1992
William H. Garzke, Jr. / Robert O. Dulin, Jr.

Google Book Search:
http://books.google.com/books?ct=result&id=oFv4gqBwF1UC&dq=Kamaishi+and+Hammamats
u+Bombardments&ots=mVt8eoXiZR&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&sig=ACfU3U25gfffeqeZApnoaklqfVu
p6Vs56w&q=Indiana#PPP1,M1

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