Difference between revisions of "Illinois Class Battleship (1898)"
From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to searchm (→See Also) |
m (→Bibliography) |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | Three '''''Illinois'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1900 and 1901. | ||
| + | |||
<div name=fredbot:ships> | <div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" align=center; | {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" align=center; | ||
| Line 13: | Line 15: | ||
! align=center | Fate | ! align=center | Fate | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| − | | {{ | + | | {{US-Illinois}} |
| − | | | + | |[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]] |
| − | | | + | |10 Feb, 1897 |
| − | |1898 | + | |4 Oct, 1898 |
| − | | | + | |16 Sep, 1901 |
| − | | | + | |Sold 1956 |
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| − | | {{ | + | | {{US-Alabama}} |
| − | | | + | |[[William Cramp & Sons]] |
| − | | | + | |2 Dec, 1896 |
| − | |1898 | + | |18 May, 1898 |
| − | | | + | |16 Oct, 1900 |
| − | | | + | |Expended 1921 |
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| − | | {{ | + | | {{US-Wisconsin}} |
| − | | | + | |[[Union Iron Works]] |
| − | | | + | |9 Feb, 1897 |
| − | | | + | |16 Nov, 1898 |
| − | | | + | |4 Feb, 1901 |
| − | | | + | |Sold 1922 |
|} | |} | ||
</div name=fredbot:ships> | </div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
| + | |||
==Fire Control== | ==Fire Control== | ||
At some point prior to mid 1902, [[William Henry May]] examined the fire control communications scheme manifest in the {{US-Illinois}} and found much to covet when discussing British methods of communicating in battle as [[Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy]] – particularly the simplicity of the system. A follow-up to this observation resulted in Messrs. Cory of New York being asked to quote a complete set of the instruments in the American ship, but the dialog evolved to one primarily of voice pipes and there is no indication of how this inquiry turned out.{{PQDNO1905|pp. 418-9}} | At some point prior to mid 1902, [[William Henry May]] examined the fire control communications scheme manifest in the {{US-Illinois}} and found much to covet when discussing British methods of communicating in battle as [[Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy]] – particularly the simplicity of the system. A follow-up to this observation resulted in Messrs. Cory of New York being asked to quote a complete set of the instruments in the American ship, but the dialog evolved to one primarily of voice pipes and there is no indication of how this inquiry turned out.{{PQDNO1905|pp. 418-9}} | ||
| Line 66: | Line 69: | ||
{ship | {ship | ||
| − | name= | + | name=Illinois |
| + | hullno=BB-7 | ||
pend= | pend= | ||
| − | builder= | + | builder=[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]]{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| − | order= | + | order=10 June, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| − | laid= | + | laid=10 2 97{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| − | launch= | + | launch=4 10 98{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| − | comm= | + | comm=16 9 01{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| − | fate= | + | fate=Sold |
fate2= | fate2= | ||
| − | fatedate= | + | fatedate=1956{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
} | } | ||
{ship | {ship | ||
| − | name= | + | name=Alabama |
pend= | pend= | ||
| − | builder= | + | hullno=BB-8 |
| − | order= | + | builder=[[William Cramp & Sons]]{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| − | laid= | + | order=" |
| − | launch= | + | laid=2 12 96{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| − | comm= | + | launch=18 5 98{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| − | fate= | + | comm=16 10 1900{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| − | fate2= | + | fate=Expended |
| − | fatedate= | + | fate2=as target |
| + | fatedate=1921{{Conways1860|p. 142}} | ||
} | } | ||
| Line 94: | Line 99: | ||
name=Wisconsin | name=Wisconsin | ||
pend= | pend= | ||
| − | builder= | + | hullno=BB-9 |
| − | order= | + | builder=[[Union Iron Works]]{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| − | laid= | + | order=" |
| − | launch= | + | laid=9 2 97{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| − | comm= | + | launch=16 11 98{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| − | fate= | + | comm=4 2 01{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
| + | fate=Sold | ||
fate2= | fate2= | ||
| − | fatedate= | + | fatedate=1922{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
} | } | ||
Latest revision as of 17:23, 5 November 2014
Three Illinois class battleships were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1900 and 1901.
| Overview of 3 vessels | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Illinois | Newport News | 10 Feb, 1897 | 4 Oct, 1898 | 16 Sep, 1901 | Sold 1956 |
| Alabama | William Cramp & Sons | 2 Dec, 1896 | 18 May, 1898 | 16 Oct, 1900 | Expended 1921 |
| Wisconsin | Union Iron Works | 9 Feb, 1897 | 16 Nov, 1898 | 4 Feb, 1901 | Sold 1922 |
Fire Control
At some point prior to mid 1902, William Henry May examined the fire control communications scheme manifest in the Illinois and found much to covet when discussing British methods of communicating in battle as Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy – particularly the simplicity of the system. A follow-up to this observation resulted in Messrs. Cory of New York being asked to quote a complete set of the instruments in the American ship, but the dialog evolved to one primarily of voice pipes and there is no indication of how this inquiry turned out.[1]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Principal Questions Dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance, 1905. pp. 418-9.
Bibliography
| Illinois Class Pre-dreadnought | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | Alabama | Wisconsin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Kearsarge Class | Battleships (US) | Maine Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
