#USS Idaho (BB-42)

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Yard workers fitting out IDAHO (BB-42) at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey.

Photographed on March 15, 1918.

NARA: 45546558

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USS Idaho (BB-42), a New Mexico-class battleship shells Okinawa on 1 April 1945, easily distinguished by her tower foremast & 5”-38 Mk 30 single turrets (visible between the barrels of the forward main turrets).

Idaho was the only battleship with this configuration.

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USS Idaho (BB-42) bombarding Okinawa, on April 1, 1945. Photographed from USS West Virginia (BB-48).

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USS Idaho, BB-42, featuring a lively sea and winds and spray. Launched during WW1 and commissioned in 1919, the Idaho and its two sister ships were transferred to the US Pacific Fleet after Pearl Harbor and saw extensive service against the Japanese, escorting troop carrying ships and providing heavy artillery support for US amphibious assaults on Japanese-held islands. She was present in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender.

As an older ship she was disposed of in 1946.

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USS Idaho (BB-42) taking part in the prelanding bombardment of Okinawa

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USS Idaho (BB-42) New Mexico-class battleship cruising down Panama canal.

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An SOC-3 Seagull aboard USS Idaho (BB-42) during fleet maneuvers off Hawaii

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“USS Idaho (BB-42) fitting out at the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey, 10 March 1919.”

(NHHC: NH 59957)

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USS Idaho (BB-42) departing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on January 22, 1944. She and the other members of the Task Force were leaving for the next attack, against the Marshall Islands. They arrived off Kwajalein on the 31st.

Digital Archives of Hawai'i: PPFUR-3-15-012, PPFUR-3-15-011, PPFUR-3-15-013, PPFUR-3-15-014, PPFUR-3-15-015

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New Mexico-class battleship USS Idaho (BB-42) in 1943.

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USS Idaho (BB-42) transiting the Panama Canal, October, 1945, while en route to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard to take part in the Navy Day celebrations there at the end of that month

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USS Mississippi, BB-41, foreground, and USS Idaho, BB-42, during their modernization refit at Norfolk Navy Yard, on 30 May 1933.[2959 x 2263] Check this blog!

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USS Idaho (BB-42) in 1944.

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USS IDAHO (BB-42) Panama-October 1945

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NAMES with FACES

Name: Hammerberg Rd.

Face: Francis P. Hammerberg  (1920-1945)

Legacy:

United States Navy Diver

Served in battleship USS Idaho (BB-42) 

Assigned duty w/ Salvage Unit under Service Force, Pacific Fleet

Rescued 2 divers in operations at Pearl Harbor

Received a posthumous Medal of Honor