Illinois-class
An item referred to the magazine Army and Naval Journal reporting that the US Navy decided that as long there were no more sufficient electric systems available for rotating gun turrets the now being built battleships Illinois (1), Alabama (2) and Wisconsin (3) would be fitted out with hydraulic systems. The experiment with an electric system on board of the armoured cruiser Brooklyn proved that the development in the electro-technical topic was not far enough.
Notes
1. Part of the Illinois-class consisting of the Illinois, Alabama and Wisconsin. Preceded by the Kearsage-class and succeeded by the Maine-class. Laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia, USA on 10 February 1897, launched by Miss Nancy Leiter on 4 October 1898, commissioned on 16 September 1901, training ship since 1912, lent to the State of New York on behalf of th New York States Militia in 1919, decommissioned on 15 May 1920, converted into a floating armoury in 1924, renamed Prairie State and reclassified as IX-15 on 8 January 1941, barracks ship after Second World War, stricken on 26 March 1956 and sold to the Bethlehem Steel Company be broken up on 18 May 1955.
2. Part of the Illinois-class consisting of the Illinois, Alabama and Wisconsin. Preceded by the Kearsage-class and succeeded by the Maine-class. Laid down by William Cramp&Sons, Philadelphia, USA on 1 December 1896, launched on 18 May 1898, commissioned on 16 October 1900, extensively modernized 17 August 1909-begin 1912, decommissioned on 7 May 1920, handed over to the War Department on 15 September 1921, sunk while used by the Army Air Service on 27 September 1921 and sold to be broken up on 19 March 1924.
3. Part of the Illinois-class consisting of the Illinois, Alabama and Wisconsin. Preceded by the Kearsage-class and succeeded by the Maine-class. Laid down by Union Iron Works on 9 February 1897, launched on 26 November 1898, commissioned on 4 February 1901, intensively modernized 1906-1908, training ship since1912, decommissioned on 15 May 1920, stricken on 1 July 1921 and sold to be broken up. In January 1922.
