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48k | African American men operating a metal punching machine at a ship building plant punching single bars for U.S. battleship Illinois (BB-7), 1898. | Digital ID: # 3b41713r, LC-USZ62-95566. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 1.27k | OUR NEW BATTLESHIPS. KEARSARGE (BB-5), KENTUCKY (BB-6), ILLINOIS (BB-7), ALABAMA (BB-8) & WISCONSIN (BB-9) | Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo from Richmond Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 26 June 1898, Image 11, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1.08k | THE NEW BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS (BB-7) TO BE LAUNCHED ON TUESDAY AT NEWPORT NEWS. | Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo from Richmond Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 02 October 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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181k | Launching day, Newport News, Virginia, 4 October 1898. | LOC/USN photo. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1.51k | BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS (BB-7) GLIDES INTO THE WATER AT NEWPORT NEWS MISS LEITER IS SPONSOR And Christens the Biggest and Most Powerful Warship of the United States Navy. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.] 1893-1900, 05 October 1898, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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626k | One good turn deserves another. BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS (BB-7) GLIDES INTO THE WATER AT NEWPORT NEWS MISS LEITER IS SPONSOR And Christens the Biggest and Most Powerful Warship of the United States Navy. |
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931k | Miss Nannie Letter, who christened the battleship Illinois (BB-7) launched at Newport News yesterday. | Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo by Kansas City Journal. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 05 October 1898, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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3.38k | BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS (BB-7) LAUNCHED AT THE NEWPORT NEWS YARD Vast Throng Sees The Christening of the American Navy's Most Powerful Fighting Machine |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 05 October 1898, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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707k | The launching of the battleship Illinois (BB-7). | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by The Times. (Washington [D.C.] 1897-1901, 05 October 1898, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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769k | THE NEW BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS (BB-7) Successful Launching of the Great Fighting Sea Monster at Newport News, Va. MANY PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE PRESENT. |
Image and text provided by Indiana State Library. Photo from The Jasper Weekly Courier. (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 14 October 1898, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 03/21/13. |
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2.28k | The building of a battleship; various views of the Illinois (BB-7) under construction in 1898. | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo by The Ogden Standard. (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 22 January 1910, Part Two, Image 15, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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47k | Illinois (BB-7) as completed, line drawing by A.D. Baker III. | Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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44k | Inboard profile of Illinois (BB-7) as completed. | Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4.08k | AMERICA AND ENGLAND CAN WHIP THE WORLD The Illinois (BB-7) is pictured on the right. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo by The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.] 1893-1900, 04 December 1898, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  1.89k |
NEW BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS (BB-7) EXCEEDS CONTRACT SPEED |
Successful Builders' Trial Trip Held and Sixteen and Two Tenths Knots Recorded. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. |
Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 13 March 1901, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  656k |
THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS (BB-7) |
Which will have its official trial trip to-day. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. | Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 12 June 1901, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  656k |
ON HER TRIAL TRIP | Battleship Illinois (BB-7) Proves to Be the Speediest of Her Class in the World. A NEW RECORD WAS MAINTAINED. She Made an Average Speed of 17.81 Knots for Four Consecutive Hours Wednesday. Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. |
Photo by Daily Public Ledger. (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 13 June 1901, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  1.58k |
THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS (BB-7) | MAP OF TRIAL COURSE Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. |
Photo by Deseret Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah] 1867-1920, 17 June 1901, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  915k |
THE RECORD BREAKING RACE OF THE ILLINOIS (BB-7) |
THE BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS THE FINEST WARSHIP AFLOAT Image and text provided by University of Florida. |
Photo by The New Enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 05 September 1901, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  122k |
Fitting out at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, circa 1901, soon after she ran her trials. The number "17.31" painted on her after turret proclaims the speed achieved on the trial run.
Note the numbers on her hull side, and the broom lashed to her foremast peak.
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Photograph # 19-N-1-6-13 from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
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Capt. George Albert Converse commanded the battleship Illinois (BB-7) from 1901 to 1903. He was the first commanding officer of the Illinois. | USN photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo. |
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Ship's officers and crew, 7 Oct. 1901. Her Commanding Officer, Captain George A. Converse, is seated in a chair by the capstan.
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Photograph copyrighted by M.W. Tennant,
Newport News Va.
Photo # NH 53221, now in the collections of the National Archives. Photo i.d. courtesy of Art Shippee.
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Underway in harbor, circa 1901-1907.
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Photograph # NH 73783, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
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In a harbor, circa 1901-1908.
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Photograph # NH 60633, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
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Circa 1901-1912. Port Side. Note the side by side stack arraignment. |
USN photo. |
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Preparing to dock the New Orleans Naval Station, Louisiana, circa January 1902.
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USN photo, courtesy of US Naval Academy Library, Annapolis, Maryland.
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In the new floating drydock at New Orleans Naval Station, Louisiana, 6 January 1902.
The original caption reads: " Illinois (BB-7) was placed in the new New Orleans floating dry dock to test her capabilities (the dry dock's). At two o'clock the huge ship stood high and dry on the keel blocks."
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Photograph # NH 68863, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
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As she looked while testing the great new floating dock at New Orleans on 10 January. | The Illinois (BB-7) will be the flagship of the United States naval squadron at the launching of the Kaiser's yacht. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. | Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 26 January 1902, Image 31, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  102k |
In the new floating drydock at the New Orleans Naval Station, Louisiana, circa January 1902.
Hand-tinted postal card, published by J. Scordill, New Orleans.
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Photograph # NH 93708-KN, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
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SCENES CONNECTED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF PRINCE HENRY | MANNING THE TOPS ON THE BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS (BB-7) Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 24 February 1902, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  44k |
A buff white Illinois (BB-7) anchored with other ships of the Atlantic fleet, possibly from 15 to 28 February 1902 when she served as flagship for Rear Admiral R. D. Evans during the reception for Prince Henry of Prussia.
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USN photo courtesy of Robert Hurst. Text courtesy of DANFS. |
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THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS (BB-7) JUST BEFORE SAILING |
ADMIRAL CROWNINSHIELD STARTS FOR THE CORONATION CEREMONY Bearing the flag of Rear Admiral A. S. Crowninshield, the battleship departed New York 30 April 1902 and arrived Naples 18 May, where the Admiral took command of the European Squadron. Illinois carried out training and ceremonial duties until 14 July 1902, when she grounded in the harbor of Christiana, Norway, and had to return to England for repairs. She remained at Chatham until 1 September 1902, then proceeded to the Mediterranean and South Atlantic for fleet maneuvers. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 01 May 1902, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  100k |
View on deck, looking forward from the stern, 1902.
Note the captain and open hatches in the foreground, with the ship's after twin 13"/35 gun turret beyond.
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Photograph # 19-N-1-8-8, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
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View in a torpedo compartment, showing a trainable torpedo tube and a 18-inch torpedo, 1902.
Note the overhead rail for moving torpedoes from their stowage position to the tube.
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Photograph # 19-N-1-8-26, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
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MIMIC NAVAL WARFARE IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA |
THE ILLINOIS (BB-7), THE MASSACHUSETTS (BB-02), THE MAYFLOWER, THE Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. | Photo from The Washington Times.(Washington [D.C.] 1902-1939, 14 December 1902, Editorials, The Drama, and Society, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  1.89k | WARSHIPS COALED AT SEA AT THE RATE OF FORTY TONS AN HOUR | PH0TOGRAPHS SHOWING THE METHOD OF COALING A WARSHIP AT SEA BY THE USE OF APPARATUS WITH WHICH THE BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS (BB-7) IS NOW EQUIPPED. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. | Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 02 August 1903, Image 30, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  3.01k |
WITH THE FLEET OF WARSHIPS WHICH THE PRESIDENT WILL REVIEW TO-DAY. |
Calling to quarters on the Kearsarge (BB-5) THE MAYFLOWER,SAILORS OFF DUTY ON BOARD THE FLAGSHIP KEARSARGE, YACHT MURIEL, AND BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS (BB-7). Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. | Photo from the New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 17 August 1903, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  2.69k |
OFFICERS AND SHIPS IN THE WAR GAME OFF THE MAINE COAST. |
THE KEARSARGE (BB-5) & ILLINOIS (BB-7). Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. | Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 25 August 1903, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  76k |
Navy bandsmen on the ship's quarterdeck, during a ceremony in 1904.The bandsmen are wearing uniforms with spiked helmets, as are the U.S. Marines on the far side of the deck.
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Photograph # NH 82376, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
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CAPTAIN R. B. BRADFORD | Captain R. B. Bradford is the commander of the United States battleship Illinois (BB-7), which was recently seriously damaged in collision with the battleship Missouri (BB11), and has since been undergoing repair. He was the CO from Nov. 1903-Nov.04. Text i.d. courtesy of Ron Reeves, HTC. USNR (ret.) |
Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ Photo from Bisbee Daily Review. (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 02 June 1904, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  67k |
Illinois (BB-7) anchored off New York City, 1905.
Photographed by C.C. Langill, New York.
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USNHC photo # NH 105553, from the collection of Warren Beltramini, donated by Beryl Beltamini, 2007. |  314k |
A circa early - mid 1900's postcard of the Illinois (BB-7) drawn by Edward H. Mitchell Publishers of San Francisco, CA. | Photo from the collection of Raymond Strout, courtesy of Jonathan Eno. |
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A circa early - mid 1900's postcard of the Illinois (BB-7) drawn by Britton & Rey of San Francisco, CA. | Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. |
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A circa early - mid 1900's postcard of the Illinois (BB-7) drawn by the Illustrated Postal Card Co, N.Y. | Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. |
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| U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106138. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. |
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