Keywords: USS Illinois BB-7 sea trials.jpg Photo 19-N-1-6-13 USS Illinois Battleship 7 Fitting out at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard Newport News Virginia circa 1901 soon after she ran her trials The number 17 31 painted on her after turret proclaims the speed achieved on the trial run Note the numbers on her hull side and the broom lashed to her foremast peak Caption cropped http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/battleships/illinois-bb-7/19-N-1-6-13 html ~ 1901 Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U S National Archives PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Illinois BB-7 |