USS Rhode Island (BB-17)

USS Rhode Island (BB-17)

USS Rhode Island (BB-17) was a Virginia-class battleship of the United States Navy. She was the second ship to carry her name.

Rhode Island was launched on 17 May 1904 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, sponsored by Mrs. F. O. Dumaine, wife of one of the Directors of Fore River Shipbuilding Company; and commissioned on 19 February 1906, Captain Perry Garst in command.