USS Illinois (BB-65)

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USS Illinois under construction

The USS Illinois was a battleship of the Iowa class with the identifier BB-65, whose construction was never completed.

The keel of the Illinois was laid at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on January 15, 1945 , and construction of the ship had progressed to a level of 22% by August 12, 1945 when the construction ban was imposed.

In August 1948 the hull was sold and then scrapped.

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