USS Kearsarge (BB-5)
USS Kearsarge was the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was launched on 24 March 1898, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Winslow, and commissioned on 20 February 1900. Between 1903 and 1907 she served in the North Atlantic Fleet, and from 1907 to 1909 she sailed as part of the Great White Fleet. In 1909 she was decommissioned...
