USS Illinois
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Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Illinois in honor of the 21st state.
- USS Illinois (1864), was a screw sloop-of-war laid down in 1864, but was never completed and broken up for scrap in 1872
- USS Illinois (BB-7), was the lead ship of Illinois-class battleship, launched 4 October 1898, renamed Prairie State 8 January 1941 and sold for scrap 18 May 1956
- USS Illinois (BB-65), would have been an Iowa-class battleship, if her construction had not been canceled before she was launched.
The replica battleship Illinois was a full-scale mockup of an Indiana-class battleship, created as an exhibit for the 1893 Columbian Exposition, at Chicago, Illinois.
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