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USS Ohio (BB-68)
Building of a
Montana
-class battleship
to be
named
USS
Ohio
(BB-68)
in honor of
the 17th state
was authorized
July 19
,
1940
, and assigned to the
Philadelphia Navy Yard
; but, before her keel was laid, construction was canceled
July 21
,
1943
.
Ohio
would have been the fourth ship to bear that name had she been
commissioned
.
Other ships of the
United States Navy
have borne the name
Ohio
; see that index page.
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