file created: 12/07/02 00:55:37 , last update: 07/25/02
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BB-41 Mississippi
United States Navy battleship
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
New Mexico 1915/04/05
Newport News Shipb. & Dry Dock Co., Newp. News
1917/01/25 1917/12/18 1956/11/28
scrap
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41: Ms 1, 42-43: Ms 22, 44/07?-45/03?: Ms 32/6b, 45/03-?: Ms 21
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/BatDiv3 Reykjavik   114 
42/01/11       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
42/01/22       arrived San Francisco   66 
42/01/31 42/08   1 patro: West Coast   66 
42/08       joinPac-P.H.  
42/12/06 43/03/02     escort troop transports to the Fiji Islands   66 
43/03/02 43/05/10     P.H.   66 
43/05/22 43/06 Landcr 51.1 land Attu   81 
43/07/22     16.12/BatDiv3 shell Kiska   85 
43/07/25 43/07/31   16.22/BatDiv3 xGhost -off Aleutians   66 
43/08/28 43/09/06?     sail from Adak to San Francisco  
43/09/06? 43/10     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
43/10/19 43/10/25     sail from San Pedro, Cal. to P.H. (with New Mexico, Idaho)   81 
43/11   Galvan 52.2.2/BatDiv3     66 
43/11/20   Galvan 52.2.2/BatDiv3 damage(turret explosion) off Tarawa (03-10N, 172-58E) - 43 KIA   66  85 
43/12/29       P.H.   88 
44/01/31 44/02/07 Flint 52.8.3/BatDiv3     25 
44/02/20       shell Taroa   66 
44/02/21       shell Wotje   66 
44/03     36/BatDiv3 land Emirau   70 
44/03/20     36/BatDiv3 land Emirau: shell Kavieng   70 
44/04/07 44/04/16     sail from Efate to P.H.   66 
44/06?? 44/07/12     PSNY - overhaul   66 
44/07/12 44/07/14?     sail form Puget Sound to San Diego   66 
44/08/0? 44/08/11     sail from San Diego to P.H.   66 
44/08/24 44/08/29     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/09   Stale2 32.5     66 
44/10/10   King2 78/BatDiv4     66 
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 BatFor/BatDiv4 xSuriga   66 
44/11 44/11/16 King2 77     66 
44/12/30 44/02/10 Mike1 77.2.1/BatDiv4     66 
45/01/09   Mike1 77.2.1/BatDiv4 damage(kami-2) in Lingayen Gulf, Leyte (16-08N, 120-18E)   85 
45/03 45/05     P.H. - repairs   66 
45/03/22 45/04/03     sail from Ulithi to P.H.   66 
45/04/21 45/05/06     sail from P.H. to Okinawa   66 
45/05/06 45/05/28 Iceber 54     66 
45/05/28 45/06/16 Iceber 34     66 
45/06/05   Iceber 34 shell Ineyashima: damage(kami) (26-09N, 127-35E)   66 
45/06/17 45/06/20     sail from Okinawa to San Pedro Bay, Leyte escorted by DesDiv113   66 
45/08/27 45/09/06     Sagami Wan, Tokio Bay   66 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 
45/12?          

Ship status, hull number changes...: ?? > EAG-128
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 8 Battle Stars
Notice: nickname "Ole Miss"