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56"L x 26-1/2"H x 6-1/2"W
Launched 29 September 1904 by New York Navy Yard.
Joining the Atlantic Fleet, Connecticut became flagship 16 April 1907, and later that month joined in the Presidential Fleet Review and other ceremonies opening the Jamestown Exposition. On 16 December 1907, still flagship, she sailed from Hampton Roads on the cruise round the world of the Great White Fleet.
After repairs and temporary service as receiving ship at Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1916, Connecticut returned to full commission 3 October 1916 as flagship of the Fifth Division, Battleship Force, Atlantic Fleet. Based in the York River, VA., during World War I, she exercised in Chesapeake Bay, and trained both midshipmen and gun crews for merchant ships. At the close of the war, she was fitted out for transport duty, and made four voyages to return troops from France. On 23 June 1919, she was reassigned becoming flagship of Battleship Squadron 2, Atlantic Fleet.
In the summer of 1920, Connecticut sailed to the Caribbean and the West Coast on a midshipman-Naval Reserve-training cruise. The next summer found her in European ports on similar duty, and upon her return to Philadelphia 21 August 1921, was assigned as flagship Train, Pacific Fleet. She arrived at San Pedro, Calif. 28 October, and during the following year cruised along the West Coast, taking part in exercises and commemorations. Entering Puget Sound Navy Yard 16 December 1922, Connecticut was decommissioned there 1 March 1923, and sold for scrapping 1 November 1923, in accordance with the Washington Treaty for the limitation of naval armaments |
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