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USS United States (CC-6)
USS
United States
(CC-6)
was a
Lexington
-class battlecruiser[?]
. Her keel was laid down
25 September
1920
by the
Philadelphia Navy Yard
; however, her construction was halted on
8 February
1922
when the vessel was only 12.1 percent complete. Under the terms of the
Washington Naval Treaty
for the Limitation of Naval Armaments of
1922
, the unfinished hulk of
United States
was sold on
25 October
1923
for scrap.
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