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
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
The Sacramento-class fast combat support ships were a class of four United States Navy supply ships used to refuel, rearm, and restock ships in the United States Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific
USS Kentucky (BB-66)
…was towed to their shipyard in Baltimore in February 1959. Kentucky's four 600 psi (4.1 MPa) boilers and turbine sets were used to power the first two Sacramento-class fast combat support ships, Sacramento laid down in 1961 and Camden in 1964. When the Navy switched to 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) boilers, sailors who had…
USS Camden (AOE-2)