Illinois Class Battleship - Ships in Class

Ships in Class

USS Illinois
	Designation: BB-7 Laid down: 10 February 1897 Launched: 4 October 1898 Commissioned: 16 September 1901 Operations: European Squadron, Great White Fleet. Victories: None Fate: Refitted as an armory ship and renamed IX-15 Prairie State, scrapped on 18 May 1956
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 on 7 May 1920 for use as a target ship, sunk on 27 September 1921
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 on 15 May 1920 and sold for scrap on 26 January 1922

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