USS Mississippi (BB-41)
Service
- as Mississippi18 December 1917 — 17 September 19562,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Mississippi
- Pennant / hull number
- BB-41
- Namesake
- Mississippi
- Builder
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Laid down
- 5 April 1915
- Launched
- 25 January 1917
- Commissioned
- 18 December 1917
- Decommissioned
- 17 September 1956
- Struck
- 30 July 1956
- Fate
- Broken up, 1957 (1957)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 32,000 long tons (32,514 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 33,000 long tons (33,530 t)
- Length
- 190.2 m (624 ft)
- Beam
- 29.57 m (97 ft)
- Draught
- 9.14 m (30 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Range
- 8,000 nmi (14,816 km)
- Complement
- 1,081
- Main gun
- 356 mm (14 in)
The first Mississippi was named for the Mississippi River; succeeding ones for the 20th State, admitted to the Union 10 December 1817.
The third Mississippi (Battleship No. 41) was laid down on 5 April 1915 at Newport News, Virginia, by Newport News Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 25 January 1917; sponsored by Miss Camelle McBeath; and commissioned on 18 December 1917, Capt. J. L. Jayne in command.
Following exercises off Virginia, Mississippi steamed 22 March 1918 for training in the Gulf of Guacanayabo, Cuba. One month later she returned to Hampton Roads and cruised between Boston and New York until departing for winter maneuvers in the Caribbean 31 January 1919. On 19 July she left the Atlantic seaboard and sailed for the west coast. Arriving at her new base, San Pedro, Calif., she operated along the west coast for the next four years, entering the Caribbean during the winter months for training exercises. During that time, on 17 July 1920, she was redesignated as BB-41.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Mississippi III (Battleship No. 41)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 × steam turbines
- 4 × screw propellers
- Power
- 9 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
- 32000 shp
- Armament
- 12 × 14 in/50 cal guns
- 14 × 5 in/51 cal guns
- 4 × 3 in/50 cal guns
- 2 × Mark 8 21 in torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Belt: 8 - 13.5 in
- Turret face: 18 in
- Conning tower: 16 in
- Decks: 3.5 in
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Mississippi (BB-41) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Mississippi III (Battleship No. 41) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 97362 from the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons