Photograph
USS Illinois in Dry Dock
| The USS Illinois in the largest floating dry dock in the world at the time, surrounded by rowboats in the foreground. The battleship was built at Newport News, Virginia, and was one of three 11,565-ton battleships. She was commissioned in September 1901. One of her first assignments was to test the newly-constructed floating dry dock at the Naval Station. Text on photograph reads: "U.S.S. Illinois, in largest floating dry dock in the world, at New Orleans." |
| Image ID: | 37355 |
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| Creation Date: | 1901 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | New Orleans |
| County: | |
| State: | Louisiana |
| Collection Name: | Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, b/w copy |
| Original Format Number: | (A62)06986 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 6 inches |
| Outdoor photography |
| Warships |
| Men |
| Boats and boating |
| Canoes and canoeing |
| Ships |
| Clothing and dress |
| Hats |
| Shipbuilding |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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