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USS Mississippi (BB-23)

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NameUSS Mississippi (BB-23)
NationalityUnited States (Details)
TypeBattleship
Warship ClassMississippi (Details)
Year Launched1905
Year Commisioned1908
Renamed AsKilkis (Details)
Last Year Active1914
StatusSold
Source of TextWikipedia
Credit Linkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_battleship_Kilkis



History: USS Mississippi (Battleship No. 23), the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Mississippi. After her career in the USN, she was sold to Greece and renamed Kilkis in 1914. Kilkis was sunk by German bombers in April 1941.
Class:
The Mississippi class of battleships comprised two ships which were authorized in the 1903 naval budget: Mississippi and Idaho; these were named for the 20th and 43rd states, respectively. These were the last predreadnought battleships to be designed for the United States Navy, but not the last to be built, because one more ship of a prior design was completed later under the 1904 naval budget. While the quality and technology of the weaponry and armor were first-rate, these ships included a variety of main, intermediate, secondary, and tertiary gun sizes in a predreadnought configuration which became obsolete before the ships were completed.
Nationality:
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.

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Item created by: gdm on 2019-03-24 12:24:55. Last edited by gdm on 2019-03-24 12:29:28

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