Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Vermont (BB-20), a Connecticut-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named for the 14th state. Vermont was laid down on 21 May 1904 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company. She was launched on 31 August 1905 sponsored by Miss Jennie Bell, the daughter of Governor Charles J. Bell of Vermont, and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 4 March 1907, Captain William P. Potter in command.