The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...
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USS Kentucky: The ‘Lost’ U.S. Navy Iowa-Class Battleship That Was Never Finished
The Iowa-class USS Kentucky (BB-66) was laid down in 1942 but never completed, a victim of World War II’s rapid shift from big-gun battles to carrier-led warfare. -As Coral Sea and Midway proved ...
During the lead-up to the United States' entry into World War II, the U.S. Navy ordered six new battleships that were designed to combat Japan's Kongō-class battleships. Ultimately, only four of the ...
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