USS Kentucky,
Battleship (BB-66)
Construction was begun on a third Kentucky (BB-66), an lowa-class battleship, but never completed. Her keel was laid in the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, on 6 December 1944. Construction was suspended on 17 February 1947 when the battleship was 72.1 percent complete.
The bow of the uncompleted Kentucky was removed and transported on a large crane barge from Newport News, Virginia, to Norfolk Naval Shipyard, circa May-June 1956 to be used in the repair of USS Wisconsin (BB-64), which had been damaged in a collision 6 May 1956.
Her name was struck from the Navy List on 9 June 1958 and her uncompleted hulk was sold for scrapping to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 31 October.
USS Kentucky, Battleship (BB-66) Specifications
1945
  • Length Overall: 887'3"
  • Extreme Beam: 108'3"
  • Standard Displacement:
    • Tons: 45,000
    • Mean Draft: 28'11"
  • Designed Complement:
    • Officers: 117
    • Enlisted: 1,804
  • Armor:
    • Belt: 12.125"
    • Turrets: 17"
    • Deck:
      • Main: 1.5
      • 2nd: 6"
      • 3rd: .625"
    • Conning Tower: 17.25"
  • Designed Speed: 33
  • Designed Shaft Horsepower: 212,000
  • Engines:
    • Manufacturer: Westinghouse
    • Type: Turbine, geared drive
  • Screws: 4
  • Boilers:
    • Manufacturer: BW
    • No.: 8
  • Fuel :
    • Fuel Oil: 7,251 Tons
  • Drive: TRD
  • Class: Iowa
Armament:
  • Main:
    • (9) 16"/50
  • Secondary:
    • (20) 5"/38
    • (15) quad 40 mm.
    • (60) 20 mm.
  • Torpedo Tubes:
    • none
  • Catapults: (2) aft.
Bibliography
Larry W. Jewell, Who's Who of United States Battleships, (Internet publication), edition: 30 August, 1993.
James L. Mooney, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968, Reprint 1977), Vol.3: G-K, p. 628

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