USS Kentucky explained
Three ships of the United States Navy (and one of the Confederate States Navy) have been named for the 15th state:
- The Mississippi Flotilla captured Confederate transport at Memphis 6 June 1862. The US Navy Register for 1863 listed her as assigned to the Mississippi Squadron but no other record of her service in the Union Navy has been found.
- was a launched 24 March 1898, sailed with the Great White Fleet and sold for scrapping 23 January 1924
- was an under construction in 1947 when her contract was canceled
- is an commissioned in 1991 and currently in active service
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