High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Massachusetts (BB-2), an Indiana-class battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state. Massachusetts was laid down on 25 June 1891 by William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was launched on 10 June 1893, sponsored by Miss Leila Herbert, daughter of Secretary of the Navy Hilary Herbert, and commissioned on 10 June 1896, Captain Frederick Rodgers in command. Massachusetts was constructed based on a modified version of a design drawn up by a policy board in 1889 for a short-range battleship.

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