The seventh USS Washington (ACR-11/CA-11/IX-39), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 11", and renamed Seattle and reclassified CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy armored cruiser. Commissioned in 1906, renamed in 1916, and not decommissioned until 1946, she spent periods of time in reserve. She was used for escort duties during World War I, and as a receiving ship during World War II.
Pre-World War I
The ship 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.
1906–1908
Washington was fitted out at Philadelphia until 1 November 1906, 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 Hampton Roads and Piney Point, Maryland; Colón, Panama; Chiriquí Lagoon; and Mona Passage before she returned to Newport News on 26 November. She headed back toward the Delaware Capes on 8 December, arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on the 11th, and remained there undergoing repairs into the spring of 1907. In early November, crew of the ship played against the 1912 New Hampshire football team in nearby Durham, New Hampshire. Shifted subsequently from Portsmouth to the New York Navy Yard, via President Roads, Boston, and Tompkinsville, Staten Island, Washington was assigned duty as receiving ship at the navy yard on 20 July 1913.