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Never Finished: USS Illinois Is the U.S. Navy’s ‘Scrapped’ Iowa-class Battleship
The USS Illinois (BB-65) was the fifth Iowa-class battleship, ordered in 1940, with its keel laid in late 1942. -However, the ...
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 ...
USS New Jersey (BB-62) was the second ship ever commissioned by the U.S. Navy to be named to honor the Garden State. As an Iowa-class battleship, New Jersey was one of four warships designed to serve ...
Battleships are large, heavily armored and armed warships, but the United States Navy stopped using them toward the end of the 20th century. Their usefulness waned as missile technology improved, and ...
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