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USS Kentucky: The Lost Iowa-Class Battleship the Navy Never Finished - National Security Journal
Dec 5, 2025 - USS Kentucky was born as a Montana-class super-battleship and died incomplete. Here’s how carriers, missiles, and budgets killed her—and where her parts lived...
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