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Greek battleship Kilkis

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for sea training that included further torpedo drills. In August, she steamed south to Hampton Roads for more shooting training and battle practice with the fleet through September. Another stint in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard followed from 5 October to 1 November, after which she and the rest of
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got underway on 5 January 1910, again headed for Cuba, where she joined the other units of the Atlantic Fleet for training from 12 January to 24 March. She then steamed to Hampton Roads, arriving there on 4 April, and taking part in target practice from then until 28 April. More repairs followed in
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arrived in Guantanamo Bay, and she spent the following two months conducting various maneuvers with the Atlantic Fleet. She left the area on 13 March and arrived in Hampton Roads four days later. Further training followed over the next month, after which she returned to Philadelphia for periodic
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from 1909 to 1912, which consisted primarily of routine training operations. In 1910, she and other ships of the fleet visited Europe and in 1912, she carried marines to Cuba during civil unrest in the country. Too slow to operate effectively with the fleet, she was placed in reserve in 1912.
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for a training cruise that lasted from 13 to 22 July, and in August took part in maneuvers with torpedo boats off the coast of Massachusetts. She returned to Hampton Roads on 24 August to meet the rest of the fleet for shooting practice. She participated in a naval review for President
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she carried flew in the first operational use of naval aircraft, performing a 28-minute reconnaissance flight over the port. The next day, she transferred both seaplanes to shore, along with their ground crews and other equipment. The aircraft operated under command of
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was stationed in Constantinople as part of an Allied fleet, which was composed primarily of British warships. The ships' crews practiced landing operations to support the garrison occupying the city, but in the event only crews from the British ships went ashore.
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on 15 March, and embarked on further trials beginning on 1 July. Over the course of the following months, she visited numerous ports along the east coast of the United States before returning to Philadelphia on 10 September for repairs that lasted into 1909.
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was reduced to a skeleton crew and had the breech blocks for her guns removed to render them inoperable. All ammunition and torpedoes were also removed. Ultimately, a pro-Entente government replaced Constantine and declared war on the Central Powers.
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Kaloulides, who thereafter served as the military governor of the city. The Ottoman Navy had been interned by the Allies after the end of World War I, and so provided no opposition to the Royal Hellenic Navy's activities.
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also opposed the continually increasing size, and more importantly, cost of each new battleship design. The limited displacement amounted to a reduction of 3,000 long tons (3,048 t) compared to the preceding
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underwent repairs and upgrades in 1926–1928 but was already obsolete due to low speed and low freeboard. The ship had her boilers re-tubed during this refit. On 29 November 1929, the Hellenic Navy announced that
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attempted to get underway to evade the attacks, but she was hit by several bombs and sank in the harbor. Her wreck was refloated and broken up for scrap in the 1950s.
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was 7 to 9 in (178 to 229 mm) thick and, reduced to 4 to 7 in (100 to 180 mm) on either end. This amounted to a two-inch reduction compared to the
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that saw a minor confrontation between Mexican soldiers and USN sailors. She also carried a pair of seaplanes and supporting equipment. The ship got underway for
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maintenance that lasted from 12 April to 1 May. She thereafter cruised the east coast of the US in company with the other ships of the division and into the
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of 1919–1922, supporting landings in Turkey and covering the final withdrawal of Greek forces in September 1922. Still plagued by her low speed,
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in 1915, which was a source of tension between France and Greece. Ultimately, the French seized the Hellenic Navy on 19 October 1916 (see
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Philadelphia, lasting until 16 July. She then conducted torpedo training in Maine in late July before embarking a contingent from the
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of 24 ft 8 in (7.52 m). She displaced 13,000 long tons as designed and up to 14,465 long tons (14,697 t) at
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observed mutinies on several French battleships. Her crew taunted the French mutineers by hanging a dummy from the
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in 1904–1908. The class was built to a design smaller than other American battleships as the result of a limit on
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received orders to carry a 500-man detachment from the 2nd Marines, who had by then transferred to Pensacola, to
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s. The main battery gun turrets had 12 in (305 mm) thick faces, mounted atop 10 in (250 mm)
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to support its Italian ally in the stalemated conflict. British planners suggested using the ship to block the
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remained in service with the fleet until 1932. The ship was then withdrawn from the active fleet and used as a
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and a pair of destroyers escorted a convoy carrying 7,000 infantrymen, 1,000 artillerists, and 4,000 mules to
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Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "United States of America". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.).
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were taken to Newport News and were decommissioned and transferred to the Greek Navy on 21 July. Renamed
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returned to Guantanamo Bay on 8 March for gunnery training there in April. From there, she crossed the
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and thereafter cruised the area until 10 February, when she was assigned to the Third Division of the
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was protected by a battery of twelve 3 in (76 mm) L/50 guns (compared to twenty aboard the
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her at the southern entrance to the canal, but the Greeks refused, preferring to use the ship as a
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were ordered under the terms of the 1903 naval appropriations, which stipulated a maximum designed
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in the early 1910s; in 1910 the Ottomans had purchased a pair of German pre-dreadnoughts (renamed
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from the US Navy. The Greek government bought the ships through an intermediary, the shipbuilder
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The ship then returned to Hampton Roads for training with the Second Squadron before stopping in
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in September and October. After periodic maintenance at Philadelphia in October, she visited
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served in support of landings to seize Ottoman territory. On 15 May 1919, she and a pair of
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of the time, but to secure that heavy primary armament, significant compromises in speed,
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of four 12 in (305 mm) L/45 guns in two twin turrets, one on either end of the
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From Monitor to Missile Boat : Coast Defence Ships and Coastal Defence since 1860
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and carried them to Cuba, where they assisted the Cuban government in suppressing the
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was rounded out with eight 7 in (178 mm) L/45 guns mounted individually in
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was withdrawn from flagship duties in 1930, placed in reserve in 1932, and used as a
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was reactivated in January 1914 for use as an aviation support ship assigned to the
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Mach, Andrzej V. (1985). "Greece". In Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (eds.).
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would be withdrawn from service and broken up for scrap. Consequently, in 1930,
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from Britain in 1911 and 1914. The Royal Hellenic Navy ordered the dreadnought
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and other ports in the area before returning for more repairs at Philadelphia.
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guns. The ship's armament system was completed by two 21 in (533 mm)
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the Third Division crossed the Atlantic to visit Europe, including stops in
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escorted a convoy of six transports carrying the troops that undertook the
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At the outbreak of World War I in July 1914, Greece's pro-German monarch,
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were installed in 1909. She had a crew of 744 officers and enlisted men.
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Pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy and the Greek Navy
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if they should have to retreat from Salamis. The ship was attacked in
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LautenschlÀger, Karl (1973). "USS Mississippi (BB-23) Greek Kilkis".
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from France in response. As a stop-gap measure, the Greeks purchased
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as part of an effort to constrain costs. The ships were armed with a
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being seized by the revolutionaries. After the revolt collapsed,
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Parramore, Thomas C.; Stewart, Peter C.; Bogger, Tommy (2000).
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The Great War at Sea: A Naval History of the First World War
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posed to the Greek fleet. From the start of the conflict,
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celebrations on 4 July. More gunnery training followed in
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On 28 October 1940, Italy invaded Greece, initiating the
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that lasted from 24 February to 9 March. She went to the
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was used as a training ship for anti-aircraft gunners.
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went to Philadelphia, where she was placed in reserve.
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were employed as coastal batteries throughout Greece.
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departed with several transport ships and the British
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assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
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Elements in 2501:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1941 2026:U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History 1613: 1611: 1609: 1607: 1605: 1603: 1601: 1599: 1390:departed Smyrna on the evening of 8 September. 1267:then returned to Greece. During the subsequent 1525:on 23 April 1941, during the German invasion. 1174:the previous month. After arriving in Greece, 1091:in the area for a month and a half during the 2486: 2410: 2379:List of battleships of the United States Navy 2259: 1834: 1055:until 30 December 1913, when she was sent to 660:. The ship was powered by two-shaft vertical 8: 1666: 1245:Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War 529:Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War 2144:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 1726: 675:. The engines were rated to produce 10,000 2957:Seaplane tenders of the United States Navy 2493: 2479: 2471: 2417: 2403: 2395: 2266: 2252: 2244: 2081:Kaufmann, J. E.; Jurga, Robert M. (2002). 2007:Greek Naval Strategy and Policy, 1910–1919 1880: 1865: 1681: 1544: 873:off Hampton Roads and was present for the 2972:World War II shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea 2229:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1136:from Germany in 1913 and the dreadnought 1478:was used as a floating battery based in 1428:in the Greek fleet in March 1935 led to 664:with steam provided by eight coal-fired 30:For other ships with the same name, see 2952:Ships built by William Cramp & Sons 1537: 1320:on his birthday, 3 June 1920. In July, 1988:Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City 38: 1916: 1892: 853:and the two ships proceeded south to 164: 61: 7: 2139:"Mississippi II (Battleship No. 23)" 2028:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. 1948:. South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword. 1654: 1590: 1575: 1556: 877:in the harbor there on 22 February. 1986:Dobkin, Marjorie Housepian (1998). 1822: 1810: 1798: 1786: 1774: 1762: 1738: 1714: 997:, seven other battleships, and the 718:class. Close-range defense against 2153:Naval History and Heritage Command 2045:The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919–1929 1750: 258:: 14,465 long tons (14,697 t) 25: 2967:World War I battleships of Greece 2208:Norfolk: The First Four Centuries 2191:. London: Conway Maritime Press. 1617: 1106:Greece became engaged in a naval 284:24 ft 8 in (7.5 m) 2987:Maritime incidents in April 1941 2922: 2917: 2905: 2897: 2187:Paloczi-Horvath, George (1996). 1928: 1853: 1702: 1636:Patriots Point News & Events 1452:as part of the Italian dictator 847:. There, she met the battleship 652:of 77 ft (23 m) and a 587:Plan and profile drawing of the 563:, together with her sister ship 547:, after which she was used as a 166: 63: 51:, while still in US Navy service 42: 1946:Target Corinth Canal: 1940–1944 2168:Paizis-Paradellis, C. (2002). 1400:under attack by German bombers 1360:. Landings also took place at 662:triple-expansion steam engines 357:4 × 12-inch (305 mm) guns 318:triple-expansion steam engines 1: 2982:Ships sunk by German aircraft 2426:Battleships of the Greek Navy 2384:List of battleships of Greece 1239:After the end of World War I 861:. On 28 January, she went to 839:left Philadelphia, bound for 804:on 30 September 1905 and was 800:on 12 May 1904, the ship was 687:(31 km/h; 20 mph). 519:); she thereafter became the 505:in July 1914 and renamed her 366:12 × 3-inch (76 mm) guns 363:8 × 7-inch (178 mm) guns 360:8 × 8-inch (203 mm) guns 2977:Battleships sunk by aircraft 2085:. Cambridge: Da Capo Press. 2066:. London: Southwater Books. 1630:Hills, Waring (2011-04-25). 1493:On 6 April 1941, the German 1201:in port in the United States 579:Mississippi-class battleship 296:Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2225:Sondhaus, Lawrence (2014). 2170:Hellenic Warships 1829–2001 2043:Halpern, Paul, ed. (2011). 1990:. New York: Newmark Press. 1061:Naval Air Station Pensacola 1047:flying boat aboard the ship 1006:, embarked a contingent of 991:Provincetown, Massachusetts 825:Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 757:had 9 in thick sides. 624:pre-dreadnought battleships 480:Naval Air Station Pensacola 457:pre-dreadnought battleships 339:(31 km/h; 20 mph) 3003: 2064:Battleships of World War I 1944:Alexiades, Platon (2015). 1632:"First Combat Flight 1914" 969:embarked a group from the 922:Rhode Island Naval Militia 694:The ship was armed with a 671:that were ducted into two 644:was 382 feet (116 m) 576: 407:: 12 in (305 mm) 383:2 × 21-inch (533 mm) 268:382 ft (116.4 m) 29: 2892: 2432: 2374: 2348: 2024:Friedman, Norman (1985). 1364:on the other side of the 1332:were the armored cruiser 1043:s quarterdeck, showing a 907:Hudson–Fulton Celebration 553:German invasion of Greece 413:: 9 in (229 mm) 401:: 9 in (229 mm) 214: 193:Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas 56: 41: 2567:Vincenzo Giordano Orsini 1213:powers landed troops in 1099:, supported by men from 869:. She met the returning 794:William Cramp & Sons 683:) for a top speed of 17 439:originally built by the 276:77 ft (23.5 m) 100:William Cramp & Sons 2005:Fotakis, Zisis (2005). 1128:dreadnought battleships 1089:Patrick N. L. 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On 19 July, 1366:Sea of Marmora 1187: 1184: 1152:Fred Gauntlett 1126:) and ordered 1112:Ottoman Empire 1073:Tampico Affair 959:Gulf of Mexico 938: 935: 867:Atlantic Fleet 863:GuantĂĄnamo Bay 786: 783: 781: 778: 762: 759: 700:superstructure 577:Main article: 574: 571: 501:Greece bought 496:Ottoman Empire 471:Atlantic Fleet 417: 416: 415: 414: 408: 402: 394: 390: 389: 388: 387: 381: 374: 367: 364: 361: 358: 353: 349: 348: 345: 341: 340: 333: 329: 328: 327: 326: 320: 312: 308: 307: 306: 305: 298: 290: 286: 285: 282: 278: 277: 274: 270: 269: 266: 262: 261: 260: 259: 253: 237: 233: 232: 221: 220:Class and type 217: 216: 212: 211: 208: 204: 203: 200: 196: 195: 190: 186: 185: 180: 176: 175: 162: 161: 154: 150: 149: 143: 142:Identification 139: 138: 135: 134:Decommissioned 131: 130: 127: 123: 122: 119: 115: 114: 111: 107: 106: 97: 93: 92: 87: 83: 82: 77: 73: 72: 59: 58: 54: 53: 47: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 2999: 2988: 2985: 2983: 2980: 2978: 2975: 2973: 2970: 2968: 2965: 2963: 2960: 2958: 2955: 2953: 2950: 2948: 2945: 2944: 2942: 2929: 2925: 2920: 2916: 2912: 2908: 2904: 2900: 2896: 2891: 2884: 2883: 2876: 2873: 2872: 2865: 2862: 2861: 2855: 2854: 2852: 2848: 2841: 2840: 2833: 2830: 2829: 2823: 2820: 2819: 2813: 2810: 2809: 2803: 2799: 2798: 2793: 2792: 2786: 2785: 2779: 2776: 2775: 2769: 2766: 2765: 2760: 2759: 2754: 2753: 2748: 2747: 2741: 2738: 2737: 2731: 2728: 2727: 2722: 2721: 2716: 2715: 2710: 2709: 2703: 2700: 2699: 2694: 2693: 2688: 2687: 2682: 2681: 2675: 2672: 2671: 2665: 2662: 2661: 2656: 2655: 2650: 2649: 2644: 2643: 2637: 2634: 2633: 2627: 2624: 2623: 2616: 2613: 2612: 2607: 2606: 2600: 2597: 2596: 2591: 2590: 2585: 2584: 2579: 2578: 2572: 2569: 2568: 2562: 2559: 2558: 2552: 2549: 2548: 2542: 2539: 2538: 2533: 2532: 2527: 2526: 2521: 2520: 2514: 2513: 2511: 2509: 2505: 2496: 2491: 2489: 2484: 2482: 2477: 2476: 2473: 2461: 2460: 2456: 2454: 2453: 2449: 2447: 2446: 2442: 2440: 2439: 2435: 2434: 2431: 2427: 2420: 2415: 2413: 2408: 2406: 2401: 2400: 2397: 2385: 2382: 2380: 2377: 2376: 2373: 2367: 2365: 2361:Followed by: 2360: 2358: 2356: 2352:Preceded by: 2351: 2350: 2347: 2340: 2336: 2335: 2331: 2328: 2324: 2323: 2319: 2318: 2316: 2314: 2310: 2304: 2303: 2299: 2297: 2296: 2292: 2291: 2289: 2287: 2283: 2279: 2277: 2269: 2264: 2262: 2257: 2255: 2250: 2249: 2246: 2238: 2232: 2228: 2223: 2219: 2213: 2209: 2204: 2200: 2194: 2190: 2185: 2181: 2175: 2171: 2166: 2154: 2150: 2146: 2145: 2140: 2136: 2132: 2126: 2122: 2121: 2115: 2111: 2107: 2103: 2098: 2094: 2088: 2084: 2079: 2075: 2069: 2065: 2060: 2056: 2050: 2046: 2041: 2037: 2031: 2027: 2022: 2018: 2012: 2009:. Routledge. 2008: 2003: 1999: 1993: 1989: 1984: 1980: 1974: 1969: 1968: 1961: 1957: 1951: 1947: 1942: 1941: 1937: 1931:, p. 89. 1930: 1925: 1922: 1919:, p. 29. 1918: 1913: 1910: 1906: 1901: 1898: 1894: 1889: 1886: 1883:, p. 65. 1882: 1877: 1875: 1871: 1867: 1862: 1859: 1855: 1850: 1848: 1846: 1844: 1840: 1837:, p. 96. 1836: 1831: 1828: 1824: 1819: 1816: 1812: 1807: 1804: 1800: 1795: 1792: 1788: 1783: 1780: 1776: 1771: 1768: 1765:, p. 69. 1764: 1759: 1756: 1753:, p. 65. 1752: 1747: 1744: 1741:, p. 45. 1740: 1735: 1732: 1729:, p. 80. 1728: 1723: 1720: 1716: 1711: 1708: 1704: 1699: 1697: 1695: 1693: 1691: 1687: 1684:, p. 64. 1683: 1678: 1676: 1672: 1668: 1663: 1660: 1656: 1651: 1648: 1637: 1633: 1626: 1623: 1619: 1614: 1612: 1610: 1608: 1606: 1604: 1602: 1600: 1596: 1593:, p. 45. 1592: 1587: 1585: 1581: 1577: 1572: 1570: 1568: 1566: 1562: 1558: 1553: 1550: 1546: 1541: 1538: 1532: 1530: 1528: 1524: 1521: 1517: 1513: 1512:barracks ship 1509: 1505: 1504:Corinth Canal 1501: 1498: 1497: 1491: 1489: 1485: 1481: 1477: 1473: 1472: 1467: 1463: 1459: 1455: 1451: 1443: 1441: 1439: 1435: 1431: 1427: 1423: 1422:training ship 1419: 1415: 1411: 1406: 1399: 1395: 1391: 1389: 1385: 1381: 1380: 1375: 1371: 1367: 1363: 1359: 1358:hospital ship 1355: 1354: 1349: 1348: 1343: 1342: 1337: 1336: 1331: 1327: 1323: 1319: 1318:King George V 1315: 1311: 1307: 1302: 1297: 1294: 1290: 1286: 1282: 1278: 1274: 1270: 1266: 1262: 1258: 1254: 1250: 1246: 1242: 1237: 1235: 1230: 1226: 1222: 1221: 1216: 1212: 1208: 1207:Constantine I 1200: 1196: 1192: 1185: 1183: 1181: 1177: 1173: 1169: 1165: 1161: 1157: 1153: 1149: 1145: 1141: 1140: 1135: 1134: 1129: 1125: 1124: 1119: 1118: 1113: 1109: 1104: 1102: 1098: 1094: 1090: 1085: 1082: 1078: 1074: 1070: 1066: 1062: 1058: 1054: 1046: 1039: 1035: 1031: 1029: 1025: 1021: 1017: 1013: 1009: 1005: 1004: 1000: 996: 992: 988: 983: 981: 977: 972: 968: 964: 960: 955: 947: 943: 936: 934: 932: 931:Brest, France 928: 923: 918: 914: 912: 908: 904: 900: 896: 892: 888: 884: 883:Caribbean Sea 880: 876: 872: 868: 864: 860: 856: 852: 851: 846: 845:Hampton Roads 842: 838: 833: 830: 826: 822: 818: 817: 811: 807: 803: 799: 795: 791: 784: 779: 775: 771: 767: 760: 758: 756: 755:conning tower 752: 748: 744: 739: 737: 736:torpedo tubes 733: 730:guns and two 729: 725: 721: 720:torpedo boats 717: 713: 709: 705: 701: 697: 692: 690: 689:Lattice masts 686: 682: 678: 674: 670: 667: 663: 659: 655: 651: 647: 643: 639: 637: 635: 629: 625: 621: 617: 613: 610:(13,209  609: 605: 601: 599: 590: 585: 580: 572: 570: 568: 567: 562: 558: 554: 551:. 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Index

USS Mississippi (BB-23)
USS Mississippi

Mississippi
William Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia
Hull number
Greece
Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas
Mississippi-class
battleship
Normal
long tons
t
Full load
Babcock & Wilcox boilers
ihp
triple-expansion steam engines
screw propellers
knots
3-pounder
1-pounder
torpedo tubes
Belt
Turrets
Conning tower
lead ship
Mississippi class
US Navy
displacement

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