U.S.S. Mississippi
BB-41
1944
(Neptun 1305b)
- Class: New Mexico - 3 battleships of 1914
- Displacement: 33,000 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 625.75(oa) x 106.25 x 29.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 40,000 = 21.75 knots
- Armor: belt 14 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 12-14"/50 (4x3), 6-5"/51 (6x1), 8-5"/25 A.A. (8x1),
40-40mm (10x4) A.A. guns; 3 aircraft
- Complement: 1,930
- Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Corp, Camden NJ
- Keel Laid: 5 Apr 1915
- Launched: 25 Jan 1917
- Commissioned: 18 Dec 1917
- Decommissioned: 17 Sep 1956
- Notes: Rebuilt at Norfolk Navy Yard Jan 1931 - Aug 1932. Postwar rebuilt at Norfolk Navy Yard Nov 1945 - Jul 1947 as test and training ship (AG-128); Terrier missile system installed for first shipboard tests 1952.
- Service: Neutrality Patrol Atlantic 1941, Attu, Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Palau, Leyte, Surigao Strait, Lingayen, Okinawa.
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