Pre-Dreadnought Battleship: Mississippi Class

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Pre-Dreadnought Battleship: Mississippi Class

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Lead Ship,Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Mississippi pictured at the Hudson Fulton celebrations in 1909.She was sold to Greece on July 21st 1914 & renamed Kilkis. Sunk by German bombers while moored in Salamis near Athens on April 10th, 1941.
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Mississippi Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Idaho pictured at New York City on October 3rd 1911.
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Mississippi Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Idaho pictured in 1909...Sold to Greece on July 30th 1914 and renamed Lemnos. Sunk by German bombers whilst moored in Salamis near Athens on April 10th 1941.
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Mississippi Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Idaho pictured on October 3rd at New York City during the 1911 Naval Review.
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Lead Ship, Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Mississippi pictured fitting out at William Cramp & Sons Shipyard at Pennsylvania in 1907...In 1914, both Mississippi and sister Idaho were sold to Greece, being renamed Kilkis and Lemnos; this was the only sale of functional US Battleships to a foreign government. From 1914 to the early 1930s, the ships were active in the Greek Navy, serving mostly in coastal defense and attack roles. In these missions and in the calmer waters of the Mediterranean, their limitations were less pronounced. They served in the Russian Civil War and the Greco-Turkish War. By the mid-1930s, they were relegated to reserve and auxiliary roles, and Lemnos (ex-Idaho) had her guns removed to bolster coastal fortifications. Both were sunk by German aircraft in 1941, and raised in the 1950s to be sold for scrap.
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Lead Ship, Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Mississippi...Sold to Greece on July 8th 1914, re-named Kilkis and sunk on April 23rd 1941.
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Mississippi Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Idaho pictured in July 1909...She was commissioned in April 1908. Following operations in the Caribbean area and a period of shipyard work, she took part in the February 1909 naval review at Hampton Roads, Virginia, celebrating the Great White Fleet's return home from its World cruise. Over the next five years, Idaho served with the Atlantic Fleet along the U.S. east coast and in the Caribbean, also participating in the naval reviews that were at that time frequent events at New York City. She also made a voyage to England and France in late 1910 and cruised on the Mississippi River in 1911. After several months out of commission, Idaho returned to service in May 1914 for a midshipmen's training cruise to the Mediterranean. On July 17th she arrived at Villefranche, France, and transferred her crew to the Battleship Maine. Decommissioned on July 30th 1914, USS Idaho was sold to Greece. Renamed Lemnos, she was a unit of the Greek Navy until April 1941. By that time reduced to a hulk, the old ship was sunk by German air attack at Salamis on April 23rd 1941.
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Lead Ship, Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Mississippi pictured in the Hudson River in 1909.
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