Only four Iowa-class battleships were ever completed despite plans for six. The USS Illinois (BB-65) and USS Kentucky (BB-66) were laid down but never finished, a decision influenced by shifting naval priorities during World War II.
Perhaps the most famous battleship ever constructed for the U.S. Navy - and also perhaps the most powerful as well - the Iowa-Class USS Missouri has a well-respected history.
CNO Naval History Essay Contest, Rising Historian First Prize. Sponsored by General Dynamics. Lessons from the U.S. Navy’s peacetime fleet that won the Battle of Midway.
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