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Last Address Portsmouth, NH
Date of Passing Feb 23, 1937
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He was the Commander of the Atlantic and European Fleets during WWI
Illinois Class Battleship: Displacement 11,565 Tons, Dimensions, 373' 10" (oa) x 72' 3" x 25' 7" (Max), Armament 4 x 13"/35 14 x 6"/40, 4 x 18" tt. Armor, 16" 1/2 Belt, 14" Turrets, 4 " Decks, 10" Conning Tower. Machinery, 10,000 IHP; 2 vertical, Inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws, Speed, 16 Knots, Crew 536.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Cailf., February 9, 1897. Launched November 26, 1898. Commissioned February 4, 1901. Decommissioned November 15, 1906. Recommissioned April 1, 1908, Decommissioned May 15, 1920, Stricken July 1, 1921.
Fate: Sold January 26, 1922 and broken up for scrap.