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Thursday 22 September 2016

American battleship Rhode Island was stranded according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 7 May 1905


An item dated New York, USA 6th reported that the new 15.000 ton American battleship Rhode Island (1) was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, USA. All efforts despite were tugs still not able to refloat her.

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1. Of the Virginia-class with as sister ships the Virginia, Nebraska, Georgia and New Jersey. Ordered by Act dated 7 June 1900, laid down at the Quincy, Fore River, Massachusetts 1 May 1902, launched 17 May 1904, commissioned 19 February 1906, decommissioned 30 June 1920 and sold in November 1923 to be broken up.