  {|    |} thumb|400px|uss washington baseball team in 1911 the seventh uss washington (acr-11), also referred to as "armored cruiser no. 11", and later renamed seattle and renumbered ca-11 and ix-39, was a united states navy  armored cruiser. she was laid down on 23 september 1903 at camden, new jersey, by the new york shipbuilding corporation, launched on 18 march 1905, sponsored by miss helen stewart wilson (daughter of united states senator john l. wilson of washington state), and commissioned at the philadelphia navy yard on 7 august 1906, captain james d. adams in command. ==pre-world war i== washington was fitted out there until 1 november when she got underway for hampton roads, whence she departed a week later as an escort for  which was then carrying president theodore roosevelt to panama for an inspection of progress of work constructing the panama canal. during that voyage, the armored cruiser touched at hampto
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