USS New Hampshire ( BB - 25 ) The second United States Navy " New Hampshire " ( BB - 25 ) was a . " New Hampshire " was the last American pre - dreadnought battleship , though she was commissioned two years after . She was laid down on 1 May 1905 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation , Camden , New Jersey ; launched on 30 June 1906 ; sponsored by Mrs . John A . ( Hazel E . McLane ) Clark , daughter of Governor John McLane of New Hampshire ; and commissioned on 19 March 1908 , Captain Cameron M . Winslow in command . Pre - World War I . After fitting out at New York , " New Hampshire " carried a Marine Expeditionary Regiment to Colón , Panama on 20 – 26 June 1908 , then made ceremonial visits to Quebec , Portsmouth , New York , and Bridgeport . Overhaul at New York and Caribbean exercises were followed by participation in the Naval Review by President Theodore Roosevelt in Hampton Roads on 22 February 1909 , welcoming home the " Great White Fleet " . Through the next 18 months , she exercised along the east coast and in the Caribbean , then departed Hampton Roads on 1 November 1910 with Battleship Division 2 ( BatDiv 2 ) for Cherbourg , France and Weymouth , England . Leaving England on 30 December , she returned to the Caribbean until arriving in Norfolk , Virginia on 10 March 1911 to prepare for a second European cruise which took her to Scandinavian , Russian , and German ports . The squadron returned to New England waters on 13 July . " New Hampshire " trained United States Naval Academy midshipmen off New England in the next two summers , and patrolled off strife - torn Hispaniola in December 1912 . From 14 June - 29 December 1913 , she similarly protected United States ' interests along the Mexican coast , to which she returned on 15 April 1914 to support the occupation of Veracruz . " New Hampshire " sailed north on 21 June , was overhauled at Norfolk , and exercised along the east coast and in the Caribbean until returning to Veracruz in August 1915 . World War I . Arriving Norfolk on 30 September 1915 , " New Hampshire " operated in northern waters until 2 December 1916 , when she sailed for Santo Domingo , where her commanding officer took part in the government of the revolt - torn country . She returned to Norfolk in February 1917 for overhaul , where she lay when the United States entered World War I . For the next 18 months , she trained gunners and engineers in northern coastal waters , and on 15 September began the first of two convoy escort missions , guarding transports from New York to a rendezvous point off the French coast . On 24 December 1918 , she sailed on the first of four voyages bringing veterans home from France to east coast ports . This duty completed on 22 June 1919 , she was overhauled at Philadelphia , then on 5 June 1920 sailed with Academy midshipmen embarked for a cruise through the Panama Canal to Hawaii and west coast ports . She returned to Philadelphia on 11 September . Inter - war period . " New Hampshire " served as flagship for the special naval force in Haitian waters from 18 October - 12 January 1921 , and on 25 January sailed with the remains of Swedish Minister Wilhelm Ekerigren for Stockholm , arriving on 14 February . She called also at Kiel and Gravesend before returning to Philadelphia on 24 March . There she decommissioned on 21 May . She was sold for scrapping 1 November 1923 in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty .