Post-War
Returning to the US soon after the Japanese surrender, Indiana was placed in reserve status in September 1946 and formally decommissioned a year later. She saw no further active service and was sold for scrapping on 6 September 1963. Indiana's mainmast is erected at Memorial Stadium of Indiana University; her anchor rests on the grounds surrounding the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana; her bell resides at the Heslar Naval Armory in Indianapolis, Indiana; and other relics are on display in various museums and schools throughout Indiana. Indiana's prow is located in Berkeley, California, in a parking lot across the street from Spenger's Restaurant on Fourth Street. Some of the low-background steel that made up Indiana's hull was recycled to create the low background counting chamber at the In Vivo Radioassay and Research Facility (IVRRF) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
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