Congress approved the construction of five Montana-class battleships, which would have resulted in the commissioning of the USS Montana (BB-67), USS Ohio (BB-68, USS Maine (BB-69), USS New ...

To show the size of the silver service punch bowl presented to the USS Montana in 1908, photographers placed seven-week-old Catherine Moore Cox inside it.

They were set to mount twelve 16-inch guns in four turrets, up from the nine-in-three combinations of all other U.S. battleships. The USS Kentucky, BB-66, was the second proposed Montana-class vessel.

A culinary specialist aboard the USS Montana and a few other crew members visited Butte March 14 and spent time learning how to make pasties, a traditional Mining City food.