USS Kentucky

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Three ships of the United States Navy (and one of the Confederate States Navy) have been named for the 15th state:

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Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Maine, named for the 23rd state:

Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Missouri in honor of the state of Missouri:

At least seven United States Navy ships have been named Alabama, after the southern state of Alabama.

Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Louisiana in honor of the 18th state.

Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Indiana in honor of the 19th state.

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Oregon and one is planned, in honor of the Oregon Territory or the 33rd state.

Eight ships of the United States Navy and United States Revenue Cutter Service have been named USS Massachusetts, after the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

USS New Hampshire may refer to one of a number of United States Navy ships named in honor of the state of New Hampshire:

Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Kearsarge. The first was named for Mount Kearsarge, and the later ones were named in honor of the first.

USS New Jersey may refer to one of the following ships of the United States Navy named after the U.S. state of New Jersey:

One ship and one submarine of the United States Navy have been named USS New Mexico in honor of the state of New Mexico.

USS <i>Kentucky</i> (BB-66) Uncompleted battleship of the United States Navy

USS Kentucky (BB-66) was an uncompleted battleship originally intended to be the second ship of the Montana class. However, the urgent need for more warships at the outbreak of World War II and the U.S. Navy's experiences in the Pacific theater led it to conclude that rather than battleships larger and more heavily armed than the Iowa class, it quickly needed more fast battleships of that class to escort the new Essex-class aircraft carriers being built. As a result, hulls BB-65 and BB-66 were reordered and laid down as Iowa-class battleships in 1942.

Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Idaho in honor of the 43rd state.

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Michigan in honor of the 26th state.

USS Mississippi, named either for the state of Mississippi or the Mississippi River, may refer to:

There have been three ships of the United States Navy named USS Rhode Island, after the state:

Six ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Tennessee in honor of the 16th state.

USS Washington may refer to:

One ship of the United States Navy has been named USS Wyoming in honor of the Wyoming Valley in eastern Pennsylvania that runs along the Susquehanna River. Three others have been named in honor of state of Wyoming.