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− | {{Illinois Class (1898)}} | + | 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 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | ||
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+ | ! align=center | Name | ||
+ | ! align=center | Builder | ||
+ | ! align=center | Laid Down | ||
+ | ! align=center | Launched | ||
+ | ! align=center | Completed | ||
+ | ! align=center | Fate | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Illinois}} | ||
+ | |[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]] | ||
+ | |10 Feb, 1897 | ||
+ | |4 Oct, 1898 | ||
+ | |16 Sep, 1901 | ||
+ | |Sold 1956 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Alabama}} | ||
+ | |[[William Cramp & Sons]] | ||
+ | |2 Dec, 1896 | ||
+ | |18 May, 1898 | ||
+ | |16 Oct, 1900 | ||
+ | |Expended 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Wisconsin}} | ||
+ | |[[Union Iron Works]] | ||
+ | |9 Feb, 1897 | ||
+ | |16 Nov, 1898 | ||
+ | |4 Feb, 1901 | ||
+ | |Sold 1922 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==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]] – 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}} | ||
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+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois-class_battleship}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Footnotes== | ||
+ | {{reflist}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Bibliography== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
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+ | {{Footer Illinois Class Battleship (1898)}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:23, 5 November 2014
Three Illinois class battleships were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1900 and 1901.
Overview of 3 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Illinois | Newport News | 10 Feb, 1897 | 4 Oct, 1898 | 16 Sep, 1901 | Sold 1956 |
Alabama | William Cramp & Sons | 2 Dec, 1896 | 18 May, 1898 | 16 Oct, 1900 | Expended 1921 |
Wisconsin | Union Iron Works | 9 Feb, 1897 | 16 Nov, 1898 | 4 Feb, 1901 | Sold 1922 |
Fire Control
At some point prior to mid 1902, William Henry May examined the fire control communications scheme manifest in the Illinois and found much to covet when discussing British methods of communicating in battle as Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy – 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.[1]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Principal Questions Dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance, 1905. pp. 418-9.
Bibliography
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