<page_title> Iowa-class battleship </page_title> <section_title> Ships </section_title> <table> <cell> 9 September 1940 <col_header> Builder </col_header> </cell> <cell> Kentucky <col_header> Ship name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 7 March 1942 <col_header> Ordered </col_header> </cell> </table>
Kentucky was ordered on 9 September 1940 and laid down on 7 March 1942.