A new television documentary about the first and new USS Montana warships – and Big Sky Country’s unique relationship with the US Navy for more than 100 years - will air statewide on Feb. 22 ...
The film focuses on the original USS Montana, a Navy armored cruiser commissioned ... “I am just thankful this equipment is on our side,” Gov. Greg Gianforte said about the submarine.
The Navy cancelled the Montana-class program in 1943. That may have been a partial mistake. Building just one super battleship – the USS Montana – could have sent a message to the Japanese ...