USS[a] Kentucky (BB-66) was an uncompleted battleship originally intended to be the sixth and final member of the Iowa class constructed for the United States Navy. At the time of her construction she was the second ship of the United States Navy to be na
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USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United St
Continue reading >>USS Minnesota (BB-22), a Connecticut-classbattleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy in honor of the 32nd state, and the 24th battleship of the US Navy (USS Maine was numbered in the Armored Cruiser sequence, and second-class
Continue reading >>USS Kansas (BB-21) was a US Connecticut-class battleship commissioned in 1907 and decommissioned in 1921. She was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Kansas.
Continue reading >>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 a
Continue reading >>Louisiana was laid down on 7 February 1903 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia; launched on 27 August 1904; sponsored by Miss Juanita LaLande and commissioned on 2 June 1906, Captain Albert R. Coude
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