Tuesday, August 19, 2014

USS Illinois (BB-7), the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 21st state,...



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USS Illinois (BB-7), the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 21st state, was a battleship, the lead ship of her class.

Illinois was laid down on 10 February 1897 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 4 October 1898, sponsored by Miss Nancy Leiter, daughter of Chicago multi-millionaire Levi Leiter[3] and commissioned on 16 September 1901, Captain George A. Converse in command.

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