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USS Illinois: The Forgotten Iowa-Class Battleship The Navy Never Finished
The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...
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In 2026 USS Nimitz will move to Norfolk, start decommissioning
The time to say goodbye to the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier forever is getting closer ... after returning to Bremerton on Feb. 19 from several weeks of sea training operations.