{{Italic title prefixed|3}} 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 {{ship|CSS|Kentucky}} 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. * {{USS|Kentucky|BB-6}} was a {{sclass|Kearsarge|battleship|1}} launched 24 March 1898, sailed with the Great White Fleet and sold for scrapping 23 January 1924 * {{USS|Kentucky|BB-66}} was an {{sclass|Iowa|battleship|2}} under construction in 1947 when her contract was canceled * {{USS|Kentucky|SSBN-737}} is an {{sclass|Ohio|submarine|1}} commissioned in 1991 and currently in active service
== See also == * {{USS|Kentuckian}} * ''Kentucky'', a riverboat which sank near Shreveport, Louisiana in 1865 with the loss of 200 lives. See List of shipwrecks of the United States.
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