Mississippi Class Battleship

The Mississippi-class battleships, USS Mississippi (BB-23) and USS Idaho (BB-24), served in the US Navy from 1908 to 1914. Neither ship was satisfactory in US service (they were second-class battleships in a navy which could not afford to tie up tonnage in second-tier designs) and both were sold to Greece in 1914 to finance the purchase of the new USS Idaho. The ships were essentially repeat Connecticuts which gave up a knot of speed, four 7" guns, eight 3" guns, two torpedo tubes and some freeboard. They were poor sea boats and instantly obsolete upon commissioning. As Lemnos and Kilkis, they served the Greek navy until they were sunk by German aircraft at Salamis early in World War II.

 

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