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USS Adams (1799), scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture; USS Albany (1846), lost after 28–29 September 1854 with approx. 197 aboard; USS Alligator (1813), captured 14 December 1814; USS Belle Italia (1862) USS Boston (1825), wrecked 15 November 1846, no fatalities; USS Brockenborough (1862), wrecked 27 May 1863
Class Type Remarks Ref USS Salem: United States Massachusetts: Quincy: United States: 1943 Des Moines class: Heavy cruiser: USS Silversides: United States Michigan: Muskegon: United States: 1941 Gato class: Submarine: USS Slater: United States New York: Albany: United States: 1944 Cannon class: Destroyer escort: USS Stewart: United States Texas ...
As a non-commissioned vessel the prefix "USS" would not have been included in the vessel's name. USS Enterprise (CV-6) Yorktown-class aircraft carrier: 12 May 1938 17 February 1947 Served with unparalleled distinction in World War II, the most decorated ship of that war. Scrapped, 1 July 1958 – May 1960. USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
USS Enterprise (CVN-80) will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier to be built for the United States Navy. [8] [9] She will be the ninth United States naval vessel and third aircraft carrier to bear the name, and is scheduled to be in operation by 2029. Her construction began in August 2017 with a steel-cutting ceremony. [10]
USS Illinois (BB-7) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the United States Navy. She was the lead ship of the Illinois class, and was the second ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for the 21st state. Her keel was laid down in February 1897 at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, and she was launched in October 1898.
USS Illinois (1864), was a screw sloop-of-war laid down in 1864, but was never completed and broken up for scrap in 1872; USS Illinois (BB-7), was the lead ship of the Illinois class of battleships, launched in 1898, renamed Prairie State in 1941 and sold for scrap in 1956; USS Illinois (BB-65), would have been an Iowa-class battleship, but ...
Plan and profile drawing of the Illinois class. The ships of the Illinois class were 368 feet (112 m) long at the waterline and 374 ft (114 m) long overall. They had a beam of 72 ft 3 in (22.02 m) and a draft of 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m). They displaced 11,565 long tons (11,751 t) as designed and up to 12,250 long tons (12,450 t) at full load.
Illinois was a detailed, full-scale mockup of an Indiana-class coastal defense battleship, constructed as a naval exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 1893. It was built alongside a pier of stuccoed brick atop wood pilings, with a stucco covered wood-framed superstructure, and outfitted with ...