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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