Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1901 — ILLINOIS BREAKS RECORD. [ARTICLE]

ILLINOIS BREAKS RECORD.

The New Battleship on Trial Averages 17.31 Knots an Honr. The trial of the battleship Illinois took place over the Cape Ann course Wednesday, and the new war vessel showed a sustained speed of 17.31 nautical miles an hour. This breaks all previous records and proves that the Illinois is the fastest vessel of its class in the American navy. The average speed Is better than was done by etiher of the other two in the same class, the Alabama and the Wisconsin, the latter built and given a trial on the Pacific coast steaming 17.12 knots.