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70k | Off New York City during the Naval Review, October 1912. | Photo # NH 60247, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. |  |
114k | Postcard of the Illinois (BB-7), 7 July 1913 in Antwerp, Belgium. The battleship was placed in reserve commission 15 April 1912 and recommissioned 2 November 1912, in time to take part in winter fleet exercises and battle maneuvers with the Atlantic Fleet. During the summers of 1913 and 1914, Illinois made training cruises to Europe with Midshipmen. |
Photo courtesy of Bruce Grafton. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. |
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425k | ARGENTINE SAILORS DRILLING AT NAVY YARD ON THE NOSE ENDS OF FIVE OF UNCLE SAM'S NAVAL BULLDOGS An unusual photograph, taken at League Island, showing five battleships and steamer lying in a row while the seamen of the South American Republic make themselves as much at home as if on their own drill grounds, by special arrangement with the U.S. government. Either the Indiana (BB-1) or the Massachusetts (BB-02) is the first battleship on the left side. The distinctive twin funnels of the Illinois (BB-7) or Alabama (BB-8) appear two ships down. | Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 05 March 1915, Night Extra, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 250k | OUTLINED AGAINST A CURTAIN OF DARKNESS A fleet of destroyers and torpedo-boats has now arrived at New York to join the heavy ships of the line. Altogether, about 50 vessels will be assembled when the ceremonies began next Monday. It is promised that the strained international relations will have no effect on the parade. | Photo by International News Service. Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo & text by Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 13 May 1915, Night Extra, Image 16, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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552k | Camera man records the picturesqueness attending the military mass at Navy Yard. The battleship Illinois (BB-7) is in the background. | Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 22 May 1916, Night Extra, Image 18, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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415k | Ships of the sea and air as seen at dusk on the Delaware. The more burly hulks silhouetted on the lower right are the battleships Illinois (BB-7) and Alabama (BB-8), which have been here to take- part in the waterways celebration. The aeroplane is one from the Essington hangars. | Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 18 September 1916, Night Extra, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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81k | At Madeira, circa 1913-1914. Photographed by Perestrello. | Photo # NH 94936, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | |
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124k | Crewmen drilling with some of the ship's midships 6-pounder guns, prior to World War I. Note the boats and oars stowed overhead, and the raised working platforms for the gun crews. Copied from the book "The United States Navy Illustrated", published in New York, 1917. | Photo # NH 79492, courtesy of the United States Naval Historical Center. | |
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83k | Sailor painting one of the battleship's boat cranes, as she is being repainted into wartime gray, circa April 1917. | Photo # NH 53220, courtesy of the United States Naval Historical Center. | |
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751k | Illinois (BB-7), with signal flags flying from her mast, circa 1917. She still has all her 6-pounder guns. | US National Archives photo # 80G-1035088 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert. Photo added 03/29/12. | |
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48k | Postcard of the Illinois (BB-7), circa 1917. | Courtesy of Richard Cleaveland via Joe Radigan. |  |
483k | Postcard of the Illinois (BB-7), circa 1917, from a photo by Enrique Muller, Jr. | Photo courtesy of Bruce Grafton. |
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104k | Underway, circa 1918, showing modifications made to the ship during the First World War. Despite the inscription on the print, this is NOT Alabama (BB-8). | Photo # NH 60570, courtesy of the United States Naval Historical Center. | |
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104k | Off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1919. Photographed by La Tour. Note that she only retains three six-inch guns on this side. | Photo # NH 47030, courtesy of the United States Naval Historical Center. | |
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61k | Illinois (BB-7), in Philadelphia, circa 1919. Photographed by LA Touar. | Photo # NH 48143, courtesy of the United States Naval Historical Center. | |
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138k | Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Ships in the Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, circa spring 1919. Panoramic photograph taken by Keystone Photo Studios, 817 So. Broad St., Philadelphia. The following ships can be identified from among those present: Rowan (DD-64); Preston (DD-19); Macdonough (DD-09); Patterson (DD-36); St. Louis (C-12); Ohio (BB-12); SC-342; SC-344; Alabama (BB-8); Kearsarge (BB-5); Illinois (BB-7); Ozark (M-7); Kentucky (BB-6); and Hancock (AP-3) . |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 98604, from the collection of Eugene Bennett, donated by his daughter, Jene B. Hart, September 1988. | |
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77k | Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, Warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Philadelphia Evening Ledger photographer. Ships are (from left to right): Wisconsin (BB-9); Illinois (BB-7); Alabama (BB-8); a Pittsburgh class armored cruiser; two battleships, probably Connecticut class; Stringham (DD-83); Craven (DD-70); Maury (DD-100); and Sigourney (DD-81). | Photo # NH 42524, courtesy of the United States Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 69k | Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Older warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Philadelphia Evening Ledger photographer. Ships are (front row, left to right): Missouri (BB-11); one Connecticut class battleship; Michigan (BB-27); and Saint Louis (C-20). Those in the back row are (left to right): Maine (BB-10); Kentucky (BB-6);Kearsarge (BB-5); Indiana (BB-1); Massachusetts (BB-2); Iowa (BB-4); Wisconsin (BB-9); and Illinois (BB-7). | Photo # NH 42525, courtesy of the United States Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 1.2m | U-111 showing the bridge at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 8 April 1920. In the background is the distinctive twin funnel belonging to an Illinois (BB-7 / 9) class battleship; Illinois (BB-7); Alabama (BB-8) & Wisconsin (BB-9). All three were docked there during this period; the Alabama & Wisconsin would be decommissioned the following month. | Photo courtesy of Craig O'Neil. | |
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179k | Seen here converted into a floating barracks ship at the New York Navy Yard, in 1924. (ex-Illinois (BB-7) was then assigned to the New York Naval Reserve. | USNI/USN photo. | |
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143k | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. & Gov. Chase Templeton on IX-15, ex-Illinois (BB-7), on 25 April 1924. Rear Admiral Edward W. Eberle commanded Atlantic Fleet battleship divisions in 1919-21. There is no date given in the Library of Congress but I would say it was taken in this time-frame. My guess he is boarding the ex-Illinois with his Staff. He is in the front of the line and I can not see his sleeve. |
Digital ID: ggbain 36266. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) Bain News Service submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
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63k | Prairie State (IX-15), ex-Illinois (BB-7) tied up, probably at New York, during the 1940s or early 1950s. | Photo # NH 67629, courtesy of the United States Naval Historical Center. | |
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623k | Newspaper articles on the fate of the Prairie State (IX-15), ex-Illinois (BB-7). | Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves HTC (ret.) | |
 | 371k | A guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 Dec 1991. | USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
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