Editing Indiana-class battleship (section)

=== ''Massachusetts'' (BB-2) ===
{{Main|USS Massachusetts (BB-2)}}
[[File:USS Massachusetts (BB-2) sinking 1921.jpg|thumb|left|alt=A sinking stripped battleship seen from a birds eyes view|{{USS|Massachusetts|BB-2|2}} being scuttled off the coast of [[Pensacola]]]]

Between being commissioned in 1896 and the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in 1898, ''Massachusetts'' conducted training exercises off the eastern coast of the United States.{{sfn|DANFS Massachusetts (BB-2)}} During the war, she was placed in the Flying Squadron under Commodore [[Winfield Scott Schley]]. Schley went searching for Cervera's Spanish squadron and found it in the port of Santiago. The battleship was part of the blockade fleet until 3{{nbsp}}July, but missed the [[Battle of Santiago de Cuba]], because she had steamed to [[Guantánamo Bay]] the night before to resupply coal.{{sfn|Graham|Schley|1902|p=300}} The next day, the battleship came back to Santiago, where she and ''Texas'' fired at the [[Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes|Spanish cruiser ''Reina Mercedes'']], which was being scuttled by the Spanish in a failed attempt to block the harbor entrance channel.{{sfn|Graham|Schley|1902|pp=471–472}}

During the next seven years, ''Massachusetts'' cruised the Atlantic coast and eastern Caribbean as a member of the North Atlantic Squadron and then served for a year as a training ship for [[USNA|Naval Academy]] midshipmen until she was decommissioned in January 1906. In May 1910, she was placed in reduced commission as a training ship again before entering the [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]] in September 1912, where she stayed until being decommissioned in May 1914. ''Massachusetts'' was recommissioned in June 1917 to serve as a training ship for gun crews during World War I. She was decommissioned for the final time on 31 March 1919, after being redesignated ''Coast Battleship Number 2'' two days earlier so her name could be reused for {{USS|Massachusetts|BB-54|3}}. On 6{{nbsp}}January 1921 she was scuttled off the coast of [[Pensacola]] and used as an artillery target for [[Fort Pickens]]. The Navy attempted to sell her for scrap, but no buyer could be found and in 1956 the ship was declared the property of the state of Florida.{{sfn|DANFS Massachusetts (BB-2)}} The wreck is currently one of the [[Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserves]] and serves as an artificial reef.{{sfn|Museums in the Sea}}