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PRAIRIE STATE (IX 15)
(ex-BATTLESHIP 7, BB 7, ILLINOIS)

UNCLASSIFIED MISCELLANEOUS

UIC:
Class:IX 15 Fleet:
Status:Disposed of, sold for scrapping Homeport:
Date status changed:05/18/1956 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: NEWPORT NEWS/NEWPT
Delivery Date:09/16/1901
Award Date:09/26/1896 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):54.7 years
Keel Date:02/10/1897 Commission Date:09/16/1901
Launch Date:10/04/1898 Decommission Date:05/15/1920
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal)57.6 years Years from Commission to Decommission: 18.7
Stricken Date: 03/26/1956

Overall Length: 375 ft Waterline Length:368 ft
Extreme Beam:72 ft Waterline Beam:
Maximum Navigational Draft:25 ft Draft Limit:
Light Displacement:11552 tons Full Displacement:12150 tons
Dead Weight:598 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers: 2
Propulsion Type:
Accommodations: Officers: 53 Enlisted: 765

Remarks: TRANSFERRED ON 10/25/1921 TO THE NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA FOR USE AS A TRAINING SH
IP. PRAIRIE STATE ON 2/14/1924 WAS COMPLETELY DEMILITARIZED. SHE WAS SOLD FOR SC
RAP ON 5/18/1956 TO THE BETHLEHEM STEEL CO., BETHLEHEM, PA






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