Illinois class battleship

Illinois-class battleship
USS Illinois, the lead ship of the class
Class Overview
Class type:	Battleship
Class name	The State of Illinois
Preceded by:	Kearsarge class
Succeeded by:	Maine class
Ships of the line:	Illinois (BB-7), Alabama (BB-8), Wisconsin (BB-9)
General Characteristics (USS Illinois)
Displacement:	Standard: 11,565  tons; Mean War Service:
Length:	368 ft 112 m
Beam:	72 ft 3 in (22 m)
Draft:	23 ft 5 in (7.2 m)
Speed:	17 knots (31 km/h)
Complement:	660 officers and men
Max. cruising radius
Power:
Drive:
Fuel:
Armour	Belt: Bulkheads: Barbettes: Turrets: Decks:

Illinois-class battleships were Pre-dreadnought battleships in the United States Navy first built at the beginning of the 20th century. The first ship of its class, the USS Illinois, was commissioned in 1901.

Description

* Displacement: 11,565 tons
* Length: 368 feet
* Beam: 72 feet 3 inches
* Draft: 23 feet 5 inches
* Propulsion:
** Engines:
** Shafts:
** Power:
* Complement: 660
* Armor:
** Belt:
** Turret:
** Tower:
** Deck:
* Armament:
** Main guns: 4 x 13 inch guns
** Secondary guns: 14 x 6 inch guns
** Light guns: 16 x 6 pounder guns and 6 x 1 pounder guns
** Torpedoes: 4 x torpedo tubes
* Performance:
** Speed: 17 knots
** Range:

Ships in class

USS Illinois

USS Illinois

* Designation: BB-7
* Laid down: 10 February 1897
* Launched: 4 October 1898
* Commissioned: 16 September 1901
* Operations: European Squadron
* Victories: None
* Fate: Refitted as an armory ship and renamed IX-15 Prairie State, scrapped 18 May 1956

USS Alabama

USS Alabama

* Designation: BB-8
* Laid down: 1 December 1896
* Launched: 18 May 1898
* Commissioned: 16 October 1900
* Operations: Great White Fleet
* Victories: None
* Fate: Decommissioned 7 May 1920 for use as a target ship, sunk 27 September 1921

USS Wisconsin

USS Wisconsin

* Designation: BB-9
* Laid down: 9 February 1897
* Launched: 26 November 1898
* Commissioned: 4 February 1901
* Operations: The Peace of the Wisconsin, Great White Fleet
* Victories: None
* Fate: Decommissioned 15 May 1920 and sold for scrap 26 January 1922

See also

* List of battleships of the United States Navy
* List of ship launches in 1898
* List of ship commissionings in 1901
* List of ship decommissionings in 1920
* List of shipwrecks in 1921