U.S.S. Mississippi
AG-128
1953
(Neptun 2390)
- Class: Mississippi - 1 experimental gunnery ship of 1945
- 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
- Armament: 2-6"/47 (1x2), 8-5"/38 (3x2+2x1), 4-3"/50 (2x2) A.A. guns; 2 twin Terrier missile launchers
- 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: Mississippi originally built with 12-14" guns. Rebuilt at Norfolk Navy Yard Jan 1931 - Aug 1932. Postwar rebuilt at Norfolk Navy Yard Nov 1945 - Jul 1947 as test and training ship as shown here; 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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