Iowa-class battleship
Ships
When brought into service during the final years of World War II, the Iowa-class battleships were assigned to operate in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

Iowa-class battleship

Section Title: Ships
Table Section Text: When brought into service during the final years of World War II, the Iowa-class battleships were assigned to operate in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

Ship name	Hull no.	Builder	Ordered	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate

Iowa	BB-61	Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City	1 July 1939	27 June 1940	27 August 1942	22 February 1943	24 March 1949	Preserved as museum ship in Los Angeles, California

25 August 1951	24 February 1958

28 April 1984	26 October 1990

New Jersey	BB-62	Navy Yard, Philadelphia	16 September 1940	7 December 1942	23 May 1943	30 June 1948	Preserved as museum ship in Camden, New Jersey

21 November 1950	21 August 1957

6 April 1968	17 December 1969

28 December 1982	8 February 1991

Missouri	BB-63	Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City	12 June 1940	6 January 1941	29 January 1944	11 June 1944	26 February 1955	Preserved as museum ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

10 May 1986	1 March 1992

Wisconsin	BB-64	Navy Yard, Philadelphia	25 January 1941	7 December 1943	16 April 1944	1 July 1948	Preserved as museum ship in Norfolk, Virginia

3 March 1951	8 March 1958

22 October 1988	30 September 1991

Illinois	BB-65	9 September 1940	6 December 1942	N/A	Cancelled 11 August 1945 Broken up at Philadelphia, 1958

Kentucky	BB-66	Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth	7 March 1942	20 January 1950	N/A	Broken up at Baltimore, 1959

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Sentence(s)

Kentucky was ordered on 9 September 1940 and laid down on 7 March 1942.

final_sentence: Kentucky was ordered on 9 September 1940 and laid down on 7 March 1942.