PRAIRIE STATE IX 15

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Illinois Class Battleship
    Keel Laid February 10 1897 - Launched October 4 1898

  1. USS ILLINOIS Battleship No. 7
    Commissioned September 16 1901 - Decommissioned August 4 1909
    Recommissioned April 15 1912 - Decommissioned May 15 1920

  2. ILLINOIS BB-7
    Designated (BB) July 20 1920
    Loaned to New York State, Naval Milita October 25 1921

  3. ILLINOIS IX-15
    Redesignated Miscellaenous Unclassified (IX) June 26 1922

  4. PRAIRIE STATE IX-15
    Renamed January 23 1941
    Used as decked over drill ship until 1955

    Struck from Naval Register March 26 1956
    Sold May 18 1956 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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    1. Illinois Covers Page 1     (1912-38)
    2. Prairie State Covers Page 1    (1945)

     

    Postmarks

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    Postmark Type
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    Killer Bar Text

    Postmark
    Date
    Thumbnail Link To
    Postmark Image
    Thumbnail Link
    To
    Cover Image

     

    Non-posted

    U. S. BATTLESHIP "ILLINOIS." 690 OFFICERS AND MEN. / LENGTH 368 FEET. MAIN BATTERY 18 GUNS



     

    Locy Type
    1

    1912-12-03

    Picture postcard of Customs House, Charleston, SC


     

    Locy Type
    1z

    1918-12-08

    Real-Photo postcard of USS Illinois BB-7. Note: Type Z postmark, ship identified by sender: 'Here is a picture of the ship I am on.'


     

    Locy Type
    2

    1912-11-19

    As Battleship No. 7


     

    Locy Type
    2rz

    1919-06-09

    Note: Type Z postmark, ship identified by return address.


     

    Locy Type
    3 (AC)

    1917-11-04

    As Battleship No. 7. Censored wartime (WWI) use


     

    Locy Type
    3 (BC)

    "PROVINCE- /
    TOWN MASS"

    1919-08-02

    Note:


     

    Locy Type F

    USCS Postmark
    Catalog Illus. I-2

    1938-04-01

    As Floating Armory



     

    USPO Machine
    Cancel

    New York NY

    1931-12-22

    N/A

    As ILLINOIS IX-15



     

    Locy Type
    3z (BTB)

    1942-11-21

    As PRAIRIE STATE IX-15. Cachet by Walter Czubay


     

    Locy Type
    9n

    USCS Postmark
    Catalog Illus. P-43

    1945-08-01

    As PRAIRIE STATE IX-15
    The Locy Type sub-designation of "n" indicates hull number is in dial, which is not the case here.


     

    Locy Type P

    "USNR MIDSHIPMEN'S
    SCHOOL / NEW YORK NY"

    "FIRST DAY / SERVICE"

    1940-09-12

    As ILLINOIS IX-15. Cachet by Walter Czubay


     

    Locy Type P

    "USNR MIDSHIPMEN'S
    SCHOOL / NEW YORK NY"

    "U.S.S. / PRAIRIE STATE"

    1941-02-11

    Backside of the February 11 1941 cover showing the R/S mark of John W. Stock
    and a USPO Machine postmark, "Station J", New York NY dated February 11 1941.

     

    Other Information

    NAMESAKE - The State of Illinois

    Five ships of the US Navy have borne the name of the 21st state, ILLINOIS.
    USS Illinois (sloop), a screw sloop-of war, was laid down but never completed.
    USS Illinois (BB-7), lead ship of her class of battleship, served for over half a century and was eventually renamed Prairie State.
    USS Illinois was a diesel-powered trawler acquired by the Navy, renamed USS Albatross (AM-71), and employed as a minesweeper.
    USS Illinois (BB-65), would have been a Iowa-class battleship, if her construction had not been cancelled before she was launched.
    USS Illinois SSN-786

     


     

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