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. Her keel was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on June 30, 1917 and commissioned on March 24, 1919. She joined the Pacific Fleet in September.
During World War II, the ship sailed for Hampton Roads on June 6, 1941 to perform Atlantic neutrality patrol, a vital part of US policy in the early days of the European fighting. She moved to Iceland in September to protect American advance bases and was on station at Hvalfjörður when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th catapulted America into the war. Idaho and sister ship Mississippi departed Iceland two days after Pearl Harbor to join the Pacific Fleet, and arrived at San Francisco, California, via Norfolk, Virginia, and the Panama Canal on January 31, 1942. Idaho's mighty guns were needed for the invasion of Iwo Jima. As Marines stormed ashore on February 19, 1945, Idaho was blasting enemy positions with her big guns, and fired star shells at night to illuminate the battlefield.
Idaho made her triumphal entry into Tokyo Bay with occupation troops on August 27, 1945 and was anchored there during the signing of the surrender on board the Missouri on September 2nd. Four days later she began the long voyage to the East Coast of the United States, steaming via the Panama Canal to arrive at Norfolk on October 16th. She was decommissioned on July 3, 1946 and was placed in reserve until sold for scrap on November 24, 1947 to Lipsett, Incorporated, of New York City.
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