The Mighty Miss (USS Mississippi - BB41)
The USS Mississippi would be one of the longest-serving American battlewagons, serving as a test platform for seagoing guided missiles until 1956, truly bridging the Great War-Second World War-Cold War-era.
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The USS Mississippi would be one of the longest-serving American battlewagons, serving as a test platform for seagoing guided missiles until 1956, truly bridging the Great War-Second World War-Cold War-era.

Mighty Miss
80 Years Ago Today: New Mexico-class super dreadnaught by Great War standards (or slow battleship by WWII standards) USS Mississippi (BB-41), underway in Puget Sound, Washington, July 13th, 1944, a…

Mississippi (BB 41)
USS Mississippi, a 32,000 ton New Mexico class battleship, was built at Newport News, Virginia. She was commissioned in December 1917, and operated in the western Atlantic area until July 1919, when she transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific. Over more than a decade, she operated with the...

Warship Wednesday, May 22 The Mighty Miss
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take out every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. – Christopher Eger …


The Mighty Miss headed West
80 years ago today. The much-modified New Mexico-class super-dreadnought USS Mississippi (Battleship No. 41), port view, 45 degrees of centerline while off San Francisco, California, 8 October 1943…


Missile ship Mississippi
The battleship USS Mississippi was a veteran of both world wars but is perhaps more important for technological contributions to modern naval warfare after WWII. (USS Mississippi during WWI as buil…
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