Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

Here is the MISSISSIPPI many years later, post WW2........... Note the variety of weapons on board for at sea testing, including (A position) the new, automatic, DP 6" that went on the 2 completed WORCHESTER class cruisers. DFO

New Mexico Class Battleship USS Idaho provides Naval Gunfire Support to the USMC landings amid the closing phases of Operation Iceberg off Okinawa, late May 1945.

New Mexico Class Battleship USS Mississippi.

The IDAHO in '42............... DFO

New Mexico Class Dreadnought Battleship USS Idaho pictured at Hvalfjörður Fjord, Iceland in October 1941.

New Mexico Class Battleship USS Idaho pictured in dry dock at Puget Sound Navy Yard on March 8th 1926.

New Mexico Class Dreadnought Battleship USS Mississippi pictured at New York City in December 1918.

The evolution of USS Mississippi.

Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS New Mexico pictured in the Upper West chamber, Gatun Locks, Panama Canal on July 25th 1919.

New Mexico Class Dreadnought Battleship USS Idaho pictured under construction and fitting out at New York Shipbuilding Corporation Shipyards, Camden, New Jersey in 1919.