There have been 3 Naval ships named for Kentucky:
USS Kentucky (BB-6), a Kearsarge-class battleship, sailed with the Great White Fleet.
USS Kentucky (BB-66), an Iowa-class battleship, was under construction in 1947 when she was cancelled.
USS Kentucky (SSBN-737), an Ohio-class "Trident" submarine.
There have also been 9 Naval ships named for cities in Kentucky
USS Covington (1863), a side wheel steamer, purchased by the Union during the American Civil War
USS Covington (ID-1409), a troop transport ship sunk by the German submarine U-86 in 1918
USS Covington (PF-56), a Tacoma-class frigate built during World War II
USS Lexington (1861), a timberclad gunboat in commission from 1861 to 1865
USS Louisville (1862) was an ironclad steamboat used during the Civil War.
USS Louisville was the American Line steamship St. Louis renamed and used in 1918 as a troop transport.
USS Louisville (CA-28) was a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1931 and active in World War II, sustaining several kamikaze hits.
USS Louisville (SSN-724) is a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine commissioned in 1986 and in active service as of 2006.
USS Paducah (PG-18), a Dubuque-class gunboat commissioned in 1905
