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The one and only Kentucky
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At a time when all the world held the battleship in awe, the new Kentucky was said to be "the worst crime in naval construction ever perpetrated by the white race." From its round the world cruise with the Great White Fleet to World War One, Kentucky indeed had a checkered career
During the 200-year history of the United States, the avy has carried on its rolls of commissioned vessels only one ship named Kentucky. This was the pre-- dreadnaught battleship Kentucky (BB-6) laid down in 1896, authorization for her construction being provided in the Naval Appropriation Bill of 2 March 1895.
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