| VESSELS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, JANUARY 1, 1899 |
| The following vessels were being built as of this date and reflect the rapidly modernizing and expanding US Navy, which for the first time sought to be considered among the world's leading naval powers. Included are monitors and a sailing ship, reflecting back to the Civil War era, and a submarine, reflecting a look forward into the 20th Century. |
| BATTLESHIPS KEARSARGE, KENTUCKY, ILLINOIS, ALABAMA, WISCONSIN, MAINE, MISSOURI, OHIO MONITORS ARKANSAS, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, WYOMING TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, CHAUNCEY, DALE, DECATUR, HOPKINS, HULL, LAWRENCE, MACDONOUGH, PAUL JONES, PERRY, PREBLE, STEWART, TRUXTUN, WHIPPLE, WORDEN TORPEDO BOATS DAHLGREN, T.A.M. CRAVEN, FARRAGUT, DAVIS, FOX, STRINGHAM, GOLDSBOROUGH, BAILEY, BAGLEY, BARNEY, BIDDLE, BLAKELY, DE LONG, NICHOLSON, O'BRIEN, SHUBRICK, STOCKTON, THORNTON, TINGEY, WILKES SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOAT PLUNGER GUNBOAT GUNBOAT #18 SAILING SHIP CHESAPEAKE TUGS PANACOOK, PAWTUCKET |