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USS Kentucky (BB-66)
USS ''Kentucky'' (BB-66) was an uncompleted battleship originally intended to be the sixth and final member of the constructed for the United States Navy. At the time of her construction she was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Hull BB-66 was originally to be the second ship of the . However, the U.S. Navy's experiences in World War II led it to conclude that it required more fast battleships to escort the new s that were being built. As a result, ''Kentucky'' was reordered as an ''Iowa''-class battleship midway through the war. Like her sister ship , ''Kentucky'' was still under construction at the end of hostilities and was caught up in the post-war draw-down of the armed services. Her construction was suspended twice, during which times she served as a spare parts cache of sorts. In the 1950s, there were several proposals to complete the ship as a guided missile battleship. These were abandoned primarily due to cost concerns, and ''Kentucky'' ultimately was sold for scrap in 1958.
== Background ==
(詳細はfast battleship" designs planned in 1938 by the Preliminary Design Branch at the Bureau of Construction and Repair. She was to be the sixth and final ship of the of battleships. Like her ''Iowa''-class sisters, ''Kentucky''s construction began in response to the need for fast escorts for the s. She was conceived in 1935, when the United States Navy initiated design studies for the creation of an extended that was not restricted by the Second London Naval Treaty. The latter four ''Iowa''-class battleships (''Missouri'', ''Wisconsin'', ''Illinois'' and ''Kentucky'') were not cleared for construction until 12 July 1940, and at the time ''Illinois'' and ''Kentucky'' were to be larger, slower battleships mounting twelve Mark 7 guns.
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