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USS Montana
Three ships of the
United States Navy
have been named
USS
Montana
in honor of
the 41st state
.
The first
Montana
(ACR-13)
, a
Tennessee
-class
armored cruiser
, provided convoy escort duty during
World War I
, and was eventually renamed and reclassified
Missoula
(CA-13)
.
The second
Montana
(BB-51)
, a
South Dakota
-class battlship
, was laid down but cancelled and scrapped before launching.
The third
Montana
(BB-67)
would have been the
lead ship
of
her class
of
battleship
had the class not been cancelled.
The movie
The Abyss
features a fictional
Ohio
-class
submarine
named "USS
Montana
", but no submarine has ever borne that name.