To: Defender2
Not many people know about the Montana Class battleships or the fact that two more Iowa class ships were partially built. These were the Illinois and Kentucky.
The bow of the partially built Kentucky ( BB-66) was used to repair the Wisconsin after she suffered a collision at sea. The Kentucky's keel was laid in 1944 but she wasn't scrapped until 1958.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Boilers and main engines that were made for Kentucky and Illinois were used in the Sacramento class AOEs.
181 posted on
07/03/2006 2:15:10 PM PDT by
GATOR NAVY
(Twenty years in the Navy. Never drunk on duty - never sober on liberty)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Yeah, there was some discussion about making the Illinois a missile ship before it was scrapped.
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