USS Illinois: Why The Doomed Iowa-Class Battleship Was Never Deployed

The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...
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Celebrate Battleship Wisconsin’s 81st anniversary with Nauticus

NOTE: This video is from Battleship Wisconsin’s 80th anniversary. NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Battleship Wisconsin (BB-64), one of the last and largest battleships in U.S. history, prepares to turn 81 ...
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The Iowa-Class Battleships Have A Message for the U.S. Navy

Key Points and Summary - The Iowa-class battleships—Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were built as fast battleships to escort carrier task forces and overmatch enemy capital ships. -Drawing ...
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Never Finished: USS Illinois Is the U.S. Navy’s ‘Scrapped’ Iowa-class Battleship

The USS Illinois (BB-65) was the fifth Iowa-class battleship, ordered in 1940, with its keel laid in late 1942. -However, the ...
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How to spend the night aboard the Battleship Wisconsin on Coast Live

NORFOLK, Va. — HAMPTON ROADS, VA - New @ Nauticus is our weekly look at what's happening at the Norfolk waterfront presented by Nauticus, a maritime discovery center located in Downtown Norfolk. This ...