About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: 1896 in rail transport, 1896 ships, Transport disasters in 1896, 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, Locomotives on Highways Act 1896, 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, Light Railways Act 1896, 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, Crush, Texas, 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, Point Ellice Bridge Disaster, 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, Nord Express, HMS Otter, HMS Express, HMS Whiting, HMS Star, HMS Crane, HMS Earnest, HMS Griffon, USS Xarifa, USS Pawnee, Catawissa, HNoMS Valkyrjen, Vainatamm. 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 substa...
