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The Ship Characteristics Board was a unit of the United States Navy.
Project SCB 1 result: the USS Norfolk (CLK-1/DL-1)
Thresher, the first result of project SCB 188, at sea on 24 July 1961
USS Kentucky (BB-66)
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USS Kentucky was an uncompleted battleship intended to be the last ship of the Iowa class. Hull BB-66 was originally to be the second ship of the Montana-class battleships. However, the urgent need fo
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…class AKA SCB 16 1946 Fast AGC concept SCB 17 1946 Fast LSD concept SCB 18 1946 LSM Underwater Object Locator conversion concept SCB 19 1946 (Dec 1945) Kentucky BB anti-air concept SCB 20 1946 Steel hulled PT concept SCB 21 1946 Radiological salvage vessel concept, later ATR rescue tug concept SCB 22 1946 Fast AOR…
Kentucky under construction; the round barbettes which would have held her 16-inch (406 mm) main battery are prominent
The hull of the incomplete Kentucky is floated out of drydock in early 1950 to allow USS Missouri (BB-63) to drydock for repairs after she had run aground
Line drawings of the proposed aircraft carrier conversion for Kentucky
Kentucky's bow being transported by barge to repair Wisconsin