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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. | |
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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 grey, circa April 1917. | Photo # NH 53220, courtesy of the United States Naval Historical Center. | |
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40k | Illinois (BB-7), with signal flags flying from her mast, circa 1917. She still has all her 6-pounder guns. | Photograph from Fiche1380 in the U.S. National Archives, courtesy of Dan Treadwell. | |
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17k | Illinois (BB-7), circa 1917-19. | Courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET. | |
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48k | Postcard of the Illinois (BB-7), circa 1917. | Courtesy of Richard Cleaveland via Joe Radigan. | |
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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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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. | |
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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. | Photo # 36260 courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, submitted by Bill Gonyo. Photo added 04/28/08. | |
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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. | |
 | 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. | |
Additional Illinois Images
5 General Views Of Illinois From The Library Of Congress Server.
USS ILLINOIS BB-7 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
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