| Kentucky (BB-66) |
| NH 96327 -- Bottom structure is prepared for launching, at the
Norfolk Navy yard, Virginia, 10 June 1942. It was launched to clear the shipway
for landing ship tank (LST) construction. Work was not resumed on
Kentucky's hull for nearly thirty more months. |
| Copied from History of the Norfolk Navy Yard in World War
II, page 157, in collections of Navy Department Library, 1987. |
| U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. |
| Naval
Historical Center -- Online Library of Selected Images of USS
Kentucky |
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