Key Points and Summary: The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in ...

The USS Illinois was authorized under the Two-Ocean Navy Act of July 19, ... BB-65 was reordered and reconfigured as the ...

USS Illinois (SSN-786). (General Dynamics Electric Boat photo) –> First lady Michelle Obama christened a Navy submarine at a Connecticut shipyard, taking three whacks to break a bottle of ...

The first USS Illinois (BB 7) was a battleship commissioned in 1901 and was part of President Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet that circumnavigated the world in 1907, ...

The US Navy has received an attack submarine sponsored by first lady Michelle Obama and named for her home state, the Navy announced Monday. The USS Illinois, a Virginia-class submarine, was ...

GROTON, Conn. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama christened a Navy submarine at a Connecticut shipyard on Saturday, taking three whacks to break a bottle of champagne against the hull of the USS ...

The White House announced today with the first female submariners that First Lady Michelle Obama will sponsor the USS Illinois. The newest submarine "is expected to join the fleet in late 2015 ...

CHICAGO — The Navy has named a new Virginia-class attack submarine the USS Illinois.

The Navy will commission its newest fast attack submarine, the future USS Illinois (SSN 786), during a ceremony at 10 a.m. CT on Saturday, Oct. 29 at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Illinois (BB-65), the fifth Iowa-class battleship, was laid down during World War II but never completed.Initially intended as a Montana-class battleship, the ...

The USS Illinois Might Have Been Great. Had the Illinois been built as originally intended, it would have displaced 48,110 long tons standard and up to 57,540 long tons at full combat load. Armed ...

The US Navy has received an attack submarine sponsored by first lady Michelle Obama and named for her home state, the Navy announced Monday. The USS Illinois, a Virginia-class submarine, was ...