About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: USS Iowa, Russian battleship Rostislav, Russian cruiser Rossia, USS Villalobos, SMS Kaiser Friedrich III, Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon, USS Vicksburg, HMS Caesar, HMS Illustrious, HMS Mars, USS Annapolis, Spanish destroyer Furor, Glenlee, HMS Hannibal, USS Huron, USS Scorpion, USS Mayflower, Russian coast defense ship General Admiral Graf Apraksin, USS Vixen, USS Wachusett, SS Connemara, Rickmer Rickmers, Charlotte, Spanish destroyer Terror, USS Windom, Japanese battleship Fuji, French battleship Gaulois, Inca, SS Sussex, USS Porter, Japanese battleship Yashima, French battleship Bouvet, USS Arcadia, USS New Orleans, USS Relief, City of Bangor, SS Carolina, French battleship St Louis, Belem, USS Liberty III, SS Bremen, USS Helena, List of ship launches in 1896, USS Mercury, SS Konigin Luise, HMS Gladiator, SS Pennsylvania, USS Caesar, USS Rodgers, USS Newport, USS Aileen, USS Valiant, USS Nellie Jackson, SS Tahoe, SS Pisa, USS Nanshan, Humboldt, USS Arabian, Paddle steamer Geneve, USS Foote, USS Shirin, USS Kanawha, ARA General Belgrano, HMS Bat, HMS Pelorus, SS India, HMS Pactolus, USS Adirondack, HMS Electra, ARA San Martin, USS Nemesis, PS Greenore, SS Dessoug, Russian cruiser Svetlana, HMS Proserpine, HMS Doris, USS Nansemond, HMS Chamois, USS Metha Nelson, HMS Diadem, French cruiser Lavoisier, HMS Locust, HMS Avon, HMS Otter, HMS Express, HMS Whiting, HMS Star, HMS Crane, HMS Earnest, HMS Griffon, USS Xarifa, USS Pawnee, Catawissa, HNoMS Valkyrjen. Excerpt: USS Iowa (Battleship No. 4) was the first ship commissioned in honor of the 29th state and is notable for being America's first seagoing battleship. Iowa saw substantial action in the Spanish-American War. While she was an improvement over the Indiana class because of a superior design, the warship became obsolete quickly in the first quarter of the 20th ...
