Illinois class battleship
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The Illinois-class battleships were pre-dreadnought
battleship
s of the United States Navy
commissioned at the beginning of the 20th century. The first ship of its class, the , was commissioned in 1901. These were the first US ships to use modern "British-style" turrets, which were easier to armor and smaller than the Monitor-style turrets used on preceding ships.
Pre-dreadnought
Pre-dreadnought battleship is the general term for all of the types of sea-going battleships built between the mid-1890s and 1905. Pre-dreadnoughts replaced the ironclad warships of the 1870s and 1880s...
battleship
Battleship
A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
s of the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
commissioned at the beginning of the 20th century. The first ship of its class, the , was commissioned in 1901. These were the first US ships to use modern "British-style" turrets, which were easier to armor and smaller than the Monitor-style turrets used on preceding ships.
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