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The Battleship USS Illinois Is a Forgotten Footnote in History
The USS Illinois (BB-65) was one proposed Iowa-class battleship that might have altered the fate of World War II. But the ...
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The Battleship USS Illinois Is a Forgotten Footnote in History
The USS Illinois was authorized under the Two-Ocean Navy Act of July 19, 1940. This was a legislative attempt to bolster what was feared to be a flagging United States Navy in response to growing ...