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USS Illinois: The Forgotten Iowa-Class Battleship The Navy Never Finished
The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...
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The Battleship USS Illinois Is a Forgotten Footnote in History
BB-65 was reordered and reconfigured as the fifth Iowa-class battleship, named after the 21st state of the Union. Had the Illinois been built as originally intended, it would have displaced 48,110 ...