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Three '''''Illinois'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1900 and 1901.

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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 3 vessels
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! align=center | Name 
! align=center | Builder 
! align=center | Laid Down 
! align=center | Launched 
! align=center | Completed 
! align=center | Fate
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| {{US-Illinois}}
|[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]]
|10 Feb, 1897
|4 Oct, 1898
|16 Sep, 1901
|Sold 1956
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| {{US-Alabama}}
|[[William Cramp & Sons]]
|2 Dec, 1896
|18 May, 1898
|16 Oct, 1900
|Expended 1921
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| {{US-Wisconsin}}
|[[Union Iron Works]]
|9 Feb, 1897
|16 Nov, 1898
|4 Feb, 1901
|Sold 1922
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==Fire Control==
At some point prior to mid 1902, [[William Henry May]] examined the fire control communications scheme manifest in the {{US-Illinois}} and found much to covet when discussing British methods of communicating in battle as [[Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy]] &ndash; particularly the simplicity of the system.  A follow-up to this observation resulted in Messrs. Cory of New York being asked to quote a complete set of the instruments in the American ship, but the dialog evolved to one primarily of voice pipes and there is no indication of how this inquiry turned out.{{PQDNO1905|pp. 418-9}}

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois-class_battleship}}
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==Footnotes==
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