<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - ukwakhiwa kwe-Kentucky kwahlushwa ukumiswa. Isisekelo sayo sabekwa eNorfolk Navy Yard, ePortsmouth, eVirginia, ngoMashi 7, 1942. Kodwa-ke, umsebenzi kulo mkhumbi wamiswa ngoJuni walowo nyaka, futhi isakhiwo esiphansi se Kentucky saqala ukwakhiwa ukuze kwenziwe indawo yokwakhiwa kwe-LST ngoJuni 10. Ngenkathi ukwakhiwa kwakhe kumisiwe, i-Bureau of Ships yabheka isiphakamiso sokuguqulwa kwabaphathi bezindiza be- Kentucky kanye ne Illinois ngemuva kweMpi yaseCoral Sea neMidway  <response>: . futhi. Njengoba kuhlongozwa, i-Kentucky eguquliwe yayizoba nomkhumbi omude ngobubanzi, onamandla afanayo nalawo aphethe i-: izibhamu ezine eziphindwe kabili ezinama-intshi amahlanu kanye nezinye izibhamu ezine ezinama-intshi amahlanu ezisekelweni ezilodwa, kanye nezibhamu eziyisithupha ezingama-40 mm ezine. Lo mbono washiywa ngemuva kokuthi i-Bureau of Ships inqume ukuthi imikhumbi eguquliwe izothwala izindiza ezimbalwa kune- Essex class, ukuthi abathwali abaningi be- Essex bangahle bakhiwe ngesikhathi esifanayo, nokuthi iphrojekthi yokuguqula izobiza kakhulu kune- Essex entsha. Kunalokho, i-Kentucky ne-Illinois kwakufanele aqedwe njengezikebhe zempi, kodwa ukwakhiwa kwazo kwanikezwa isikhundla esiphansi kakhulu. Umsebenzi womkhumbi waqala kabusha ngo 6 December 1944, lapho isakhiwo sesikhala sibuyiselwa emgodini. Umsebenzi kulolu hambo lwempi wawuqhubeka kancane, futhi kwakulindeleke ukuba luphele ngekota yesithathu ka-1946. NgoDisemba 1945 kwanconywa ukuthi Kentucky igcwaliswe njengesikebhe sempi esilwa nezindiza, futhi umsebenzi kulo mkhumbi wamiswa ngo-Agasti 1946 ngenkathi lokhu kubhekwa. Ukwakhiwa kwaphinde kwaqala futhi ngo-17 Agasti 1948 ngaphandle kwanoma yisiphi isinqumo esenziwe ngomklamo wakhe wokugcina. Umsebenzi we-Kentucky waqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngoJanuwari 20, 1950, lapho kwanqunywa khona ukumisa umsebenzi emkhunjini. Ngemuva kwalokhu, waphuma endaweni yakhe eyomile ukuze ahlanze isikhala sokulungiswa komkhumbi odadewabo, owawushone phansi usendleleni usuka eHampton Roads. 