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Thursday 22 September 2016

American battleship Wisconsin ordered to go immediately towards Shanghai, China according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlands-Indië dated 27 March 1906

An item dated Manila, Philippines 25th reported that the American battleship Wisconsin (1) received orders to depart at midnight to join the American fleet at Shanghai, China.

Note
1. Of the Illinois-class, laid down by Union Iron Works on 9 February 1897, launched on 26 November 1898, commissioned on 4 February 1901 and sold to be broken up on 26 January 1922.