In November 1943, "Indiana" took part in the invasion of Tarawa, alongside her sister "South Dakota". During this operation, "Indiana" shot down her first aircraft. The ship also participated in the invasion of the Marshall Islands; on 1 February 1944, the battleship "Washington" collided with "Indiana" on her starboard side. 13 of the voids between the torpedo protection system and 13 fuel tanks were flooded, and the longitudinal bulkheads were severely damaged. The starboard outboard propeller was damaged, along with the shaft upon which it was mounted. Two quad-mount 40 mm guns and 9 20 mm guns were destroyed, along with two of the mounts for the 20 mm guns. "Indiana"s starboard catapult was torn from the ship, along with the Kingfisher float plane that had been sitting on it. The ship suffered a list to starboard, which was corrected by flooding compartments on the port side. "Indiana" sailed to Majuro Lagoon to be repaired enough to make the voyage back to Pearl Harbor; the resulting work was the largest single repair handled at Pearl Harbor other than the battleships damaged during the attack that started the war.