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Illinois-class battleship

1898 class of American pre-dreadnought battleships
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Summary

Illinois-class battleship is a ship class[1]. It draws 550 Wikipedia views per month (ship class category, ranking #338 of 1,757).[2]

Key Facts

  • Operator: United States Navy[3]
  • Named after: USS Illinois[4]
  • Follows: Kearsarge-class battleship[5]
  • Followed by: Maine-class battleship[6]
  • Manufacturer: Union Iron Works[7], Newport News Shipbuilding[8], William Cramp & Sons[9]
  • Subclass of: pre-dreadnought battleship[10]
  • Commons category: Illinois class battleships[11]
  • Country of origin: United States[12]
  • Inception: 1898[13]
  • Service entry: 1900[14]
  • Service retirement: 1920[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Illinois-class battleships[16]
  • Total produced: 3[17]
  • Short name: Illinois[18]

Why It Matters

Illinois-class battleship has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → Maine-class battleship
    Country of origin → —
    Follows → —
    Operator → United States Navy
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 1726, Add qualifier to Dreadnought Project page `Illinois_Class_Battleship_(1898)`"
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