The USS Illinois (BB-65) was one proposed Iowa-class battleship that might have altered the fate of World War II. But the battleship had scarcely made it off the drawing board before it was ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Money is being raised to keep a tradition alive at the University of Illinois. The USS Illinois bell has been ringing in victories for generations of Illini fans ...

USS Illinois (SSN 786), the 13th submarine of the U.S. Navy’s Virginia Class, was christened Saturday at builder General Dynamics Electric Boat’s Groton shipyard. The ship’s sponsor ...

The USS Illinois was authorized under the Two-Ocean Navy Act of July 19, 1940. This was a legislative attempt to bolster what was feared to be a flagging United States Navy in response to growing ...