Today's classic warship, USS Illinois (BB-65)
Iowa class battleship
As designed:
displacement. 45,000
length. 887'3"
beam. 108'3"
draft. 28'11"
speed. 33k.
complement. 1,921
armament. 9 16", 20 6", 80 40mm., 49 20mm.
Illinois (BB-65), Keel laid in January 1945 by Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Cancelled 12 August 1945 when 22% complete. Scrapped on the shipway in 1958.
Cancelled 12 August 1945 when 22% complete. Scrapped on the shipway in 1958.
Took them awhile to decide to scrap what there was of her.
On 6 May 1955, the battleship collided with the destroyer USS Eaton (DDE-510) in a heavy fog; Wisconsin put into Norfolk with extensive damage to her bow and, one week later, entered drydock at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. A novel expedient speeded her repairs and enabled the ship to carry out her scheduled midshipman training cruise that summer. A 120-ton, 68- foot long section of the bow of the uncompleted battleship Kentucky [BB66} was transported by barge, in one section, from New Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., Newport News, Va., across Hampton Roads to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Working round-the clock, Wisconsin's ship's force and shipyard personnel completed the operation which grafted the new bow on the old battleship in a mere 16 days. On 28 Jun. 1956, the ship was ready for sea.
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/battleships/wisconsin/bb64-wi.html
Cancelled 12 August 1945 when 22% complete. Scrapped on the shipway in 1958.That's a long time sitting on the shipway for scrapping.