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	USS Idaho (BB-42)
		USS Idaho (BB-42), a New Mexico-class battleship[?], was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 43rd state.
		Idaho returned to the New Hebrides on 25 March, and after a short stay in Australia arrived Kwajalein with a group of escort carriers on 8 June.
		Idaho made her triumphal entry into Tokyo Bay[?] with occupation troops on 27 August, and witnessed the signing of the surrender on board Missouri on 2 September.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Idaho_(BB-42).html (1397 words)

	USS Idaho (BB 42)
		On 8 June 1944, Idaho arrived at Kwajalein with several escort carriers to sail to the Marianas Islands.
		Idaho underwent repairs in a floating drydock at Espirtu Strait on 15 August 1944 and then supported the landings in the Palau Islands between 12 through 24 September.
		During the operation, waves of kamikazes attacked the fleet and Idaho was successful in shooting down five aircraft but in the process sustained damage on her port side from a near miss.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/USS_Idaho.htm (706 words)

	USS Idaho, Battleship (BB-42) History
		The fourth Idaho (BB-42) was launched by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey, 30 June 1917; sponsored by Miss H. Limons, granddaughter of the Governor of Idaho; and commissioned 24 March 1919, Captain C. Vogelgesang in command.
		Idaho's mighty guns were needed for the next giant amphibious assault on the way to Japan.
		Idaho made her triumphal entry into Tokyo Bay with occupation troops 27 August, and witnessed the signing of the surrender on board Missouri (BB-63) 2 September.
	www.greatwhitefleet.org /idaho/04/history.htm (1390 words)

	Battleships/USS Idaho BB-42 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab5.csail.mit.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The fourth Idaho (BB-42) was launched by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Cumden, N.J., 30 June 1917; sponsored by Miss H. Limons, granddaughter of the Governor of Idaho; and commissioned 24 March 1919, Captain C. Vogelgesang in command.
		Idaho returned to the New Hebrides 25 March, and after a short stay in Australla arrived l~wajalein with a group of escort carriers 8 June.
		Idaho made her triumphal entry into Tokyo Bay with occupation troops 27 August, and witnessed the siguing of the surrender on board Missouri 2 September.
	www.navyhistory.com.cob-web.org:8888 /battle/Idaho2.html (1284 words)

	Wikipedia: USS Idaho
		Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Idaho in honor of the 43rd state.
		The second USS Idaho (BB-24), a Mississippi-class battleship, missed sailing with the Great White Fleet, saw little action during World War I, was sold to Greece and sunk early in World War II.
		The third USS Idaho (SP-545), a motor boat, was chartered for harbor entrance patrol and submarine net patrol in the Cape May and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, areas during World War I.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/u/us/uss_idaho.html (134 words)

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		Idaho sailed to San Francisco later that year for repairs and more upgrades to her anti aircraft and radar suite.
		The Idaho moved on to Peleliu in September and began bombarding the island to give the US a forward base prior to the invasion of the Philippines.
		Idaho was in Tokyo Bay and witnessed the signing of the surrender on board Missouri on 2 September.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/bb/bb-42/700-hp/bb-42-hp.html (765 words)

	USN Ships--USS Idaho (BB-42) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab5.csail.mit.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		USS Idaho, a 32,000-ton New Mexico class battleship, was built at Camden, New Jersey.
		Idaho next joined the drive across the Central Pacific, taking part in the Makin landing in November 1943, the Kwajalain invasion in February 1944, a bombardment of New Ireland in March, the Marianas operation in June and July, and the assault on the Palaus in September.
		Generally inactive from then on, USS Idaho was decommissioned in July 1946 and sold to a scrapper in November 1947.
	www.history.navy.mil.cob-web.org:8888 /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-i/bb42.htm (714 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Idaho (BB 42)
		In 1920, the battleship carried Secretary Daniels and the Secretary of the Interior on an inspection tour of Alaska.
		On the return voyage Idaho embarked gallant Cmdr. John Rodgers and his seaplane crew after their attempt to fly to Hawaii, arriving San Francisco 24 September 1925.
		Idaho and sister ship USS Mississippi (BB 41) departed Iceland 2 days after Pearl Harbor to join the Pacific Fleet, and arrived San Francisco via Norfolk and the Panama Canal 31 January 1942.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/idaho/bb42-ida.html (1321 words)

	USS Duncan
		Upon his commission to Ensign, he was assigned to duty on the USS Idaho (BB 42).
		Served on the USS Hammann (DD 412) as Communication Officer and Torpedo Officer while on patrol duty in Iceland.
		Commencing a career devoted primarily to destroyers, his first assignment was to the USS Charles S. Sperry (DD 697), where he served as Gunnery Officer.
	www.ussduncan.org /wespac61_64_page22a.htm (908 words)

	USS Idaho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The fourth Idaho (BB-42) was launched by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., 30 June 1917; sponsored by Miss H. Limons, granddaughter of the Governor of Idaho; and commissioned 24 March 1919, Captain C. Vogelgesang in command.
		Idaho and sister ship Mississippi departed Iceland 2 days after Pearl Harbor to join the Pacific Fleet, and arrived San Francisco via Norfolk and the Panama Canal 31 January 1942.
		Upon completion of this work Idaho again took part in battle exercises, and sailed 7 April 1943 for operations in the bleak Aleutians.
	www.salmoncountry.net /legion109/ussid.html (1274 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Idaho (BB 24) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The second Idaho (BB-24) was launched by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, 9 December 1905; sponsored by Miss Louise Gooding, daughter of the Governor of Idaho; and commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard 1 April 1908, Captain S. Diehi In command.
		Idaho sailed 29 October for exercises in British and French waters, and upon her return participated in gunnery exercises in Chesapeake Bay 19 to 23 March 1911.
		She then steamed to the east coast of Florida for battleship maneuvers, and continued to operate off the coast and in the Caribbean until entering the reserve at Philadelphia 27 October 1913.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/idaho/bb24-idaho.html (317 words)

	Turboelectric Drive in American Capital Ships
		The machinery in the direct drive turbine USS Idaho (BB-42) was divided into eight main spaces, while the machinery in the turboelectric USS Tennessee (BB-43) was divided into fifteen main spaces.
		When USS Oklahoma (BB-37) sheered out of column to avoid running down an errant destroyer, she intruded on the next column of ships, crossing the Maryland's bow.
		USS Tennessee (BB-43) and USS California (BB-44) and their near sisters USS Colorado (BB-45), USS Maryland (BB-46) and USS West Virginia (BB-48), subdivided their machinery spaces into fifteen compartments.
	www.navweaps.com /index_tech/tech-038.htm (2495 words)

	USN Ships--USS Mississippi (BB-41) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab5.csail.mit.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		USS Mississippi, a 32,000 ton New Mexico class battleship, was built at Newport News, Virginia.
		She was commissioned in December 1917, and operated in the western Atlantic area until July 1919, when she transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific.
		USS Mississippi (BB-41) bombarding Luzon, during the Lingayen operation, 8 January 1945.
	www.history.navy.mil.cob-web.org:8888 /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/bb41.htm (865 words)

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		Both the USS California BB-44 and the USS West Virginia BB-48 would not be available until mid 1944.
		The USS North Dakota was commisioned in April 1941 and the USS Washington was commisioned in May 1941.
		USS North Dakota BB-29 was a World War One era coal burning 12 inch gunned dreadnought of the Delaware class.
	forums.filefront.com /printthread.php?t=163357 (2549 words)

	USS Indianapolis CA-35
		She was directed to join the battleship USS Idaho (BB-42) at Leyte Gulf in the Philippines to prepare for the invasion of Japan.
		Enroute to the scene, Marks overflew the destroyer USS Cecil Doyle (DD-368), and alerted her captain, of the emergency.
		After almost five days of constant shark attacks, starvation, terrible thirst, suffering from exposure and their wounds, the men of the Indianapolis were at last rescued from the sea.
	www.ussindianapolis.org /story.htm (1785 words)

	W.P. Mack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On graduation from the Naval Academy in June 1937, he was assigned to the USS IDAHO (BB-42), and served as a junior officer in all departments of that battleship until December 1938.
		In December 1939 he joined the USS JOHN D. FORD (DD-228), and was serving as Gunnery Officer of that destroyer at the outbreak of World War II in December 1941.
		He assisted in fitting out the USS PRESTON (DD-795), and served as her Executive Officer from her commissioning in March 1944 until October of that year with the latter months of that period participating in Pacific Operations.
	www.vietnamproject.ttu.edu /dd786/Mack.htm (777 words)

	Wikinfo \| United States battleships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The first United States battleships (though they were not called such at the time) were the heavy-armored cruisers USS Maine (ACR-1) and USS Texas.
		The first ship of the United States Navy actually classified as a battleship and given a "BB" hull classification symbol was USS Indiana (BB-1).
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=United_States_battleships (334 words)

	Bulletin Board for USS Idaho - BB 24/BB42
		Recently inherited a silver bowl which was presented to the commander of USS Idaho by "wardroom officers December 30, 1919" Initial on the front of the bowl is "R" Any idea who this person could be?
		My grandfather, Albin E Franson, served on the U.S.S. Idaho (BB-42) during the 1920s (enlistment period unknown).
		I have photos inside the RADAR room of BB 42 during WW2.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageBulletinBoard/1,13492,200241,00.html (224 words)

	USN Ship Types--New Mexico class (BB-40 through BB-42)
		New Mexico and Idaho were disposed of soon after the War ended, but Mississippi was converted to a training and weapons trials ship and served for another decade.
		The Navy's first generation of ship-launched guided missiles, the replacements for most of the guns that had long been the focus of her career, first went to sea aboard this old former battleship.
		Battleship in the center background is USS Idaho (BB-42).
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/usnshtp/bb/bb40cl.htm (1018 words)

	USS Indianapolis
		After reporting to CINCPAC (Commander-In-Chief, Pacific) Headquarters at Guam for further orders and told to join the battleship USS Idaho (BB-42) at Leyte Gulf in the Philippines, the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was sunk in route by two torpedo hits delivered by a Japanese submarine at 14 minutes past midnight, on July 30, 1945.
		After almost five days subjected to constant shark attacks, starvation, terrible thirst, exposure and the pain from their wounds, of the 900 who made it into the water only 317 were rescued alive.
		Fatal Voyage: The Sinking of the Uss Indianapolis.
	www.occultopedia.com /u/uss_indianapolis.htm (564 words)

	USA 14"/50 (35.6 cm) Mark 4 and Mark 6
		During modernizations carried out in the 1930s, most guns were updated and redesignated as 14"/50 (35.6 cm) Mark 11, although USS Tennessee (BB-43) still carried the Mark 4 until 1942.
		Mark 4 consisted of three hoops, two locking rings, A tube, liner and a screw box liner with a separate screwed on flange.
		USS Idaho (BB-42) being regunned in late 1920s by Crane Ship No. 1 (ex-USS Kearsarge)
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNUS_14-50_mk4.htm (719 words)

	USN Ships--USS New Mexico (BB-40)
		USS New Mexico, lead ship of a class of three 32,000-ton battleships, was built at the New York Navy Yard.
		Commissioned in May 1918, she spent the rest of the First World War operating near the United States, but steamed to Europe early in 1919 to escort President Wilson home from the Versailles peace conference.
		She was sold for scrapping in October 1947.
	138.147.50.20 /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-n/bb40.htm (974 words)

	Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 Links Page
		USS Missouri, BB-63, Pictures from stop in Astoria, Oregon on her way to Pearl Harbor
		USS John Paul Jones, DDG-53, Association Website Link
		USS Samuel B. Roberts, DE-413, Association Website Link
	www.ussnewjersey.com /links.htm (1364 words)

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		Dave was a battleship sailor going back to WWII where he served aboard the USS Idaho (BB-42).
		He was the founder and Chairman of the American Battleship Association, Chairman of the USS Idaho Association and an Honorary member of the USS Missouri Association.
		A memorial service and plaque dedication will be held in Fredericksburg, Texas (Nimitz Museum) in March 2006 in conjunction with the ABA Reunion to be held in San Antonio, TX....
	www.wa3key.com /ketcher/k051106.html (1360 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Battleship USS Idaho of the New Mexico class
		Stationed at Iceland along with sister ship Mississippi during the Pearl Harbour attack, she soon moved to the Pacific spending the remainder of the war there.
		She arrived at Tokyo Bay on 27 August 1945 with the occupational force and was close by USS Missouri when the surrender was signed on 2 Septemnber on that ship.
		Sold 25 November 1947 to be broken up for scrap.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/5147.html (129 words)

	Welcome to USS IDAHO PRIDE
		In honor of the Crew of the USS Idaho
		Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the contents of this website.
		Please take time to sign the USS Idaho Guestbook.
	www.ussidaho.com (41 words)

	USS OAKLAND Allied Ships Present At Toyko Bay
		USS OAKLAND Allied Ships Present At Toyko Bay
		The ships in the list below are listed alphabetically within each type.
		Last Updated 1 August 1999 never to be updated hereafter
	www.rtcol.com /~weshortz/history/tokyobay.htm (68 words)

	USS IDAHO (BB-42)
		From: DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS, James L. Mooney, ed., Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, Washington
		From there the ships steamed to the Marianas, where IDAHO began a preinvasion bombardment of Siapan 14 June.
		If you wish to add a link here, please contact Dave
	www.combie.net /webharbor/museum/bb-42-1.html (1322 words)

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