Mississippi and Idaho were the last of USN's pre-Dreadnoughts,and when laid down and compeleted when fisher's Dreadnoughts,they carried a main battery of heavy,medium and small calibre guns. The Mississippi class were imposed by congress on the US Navy in a vain attempt to combat the rising size and cost of first class battleships. Although they carried a very similiar armament to the preceding Connecticuts, they were inferior in every respect, and were hopelessly outclassed by HMS Dreadnought (which was completed before them). They were therefore sold as soon as possible, and the money used to buy a new dreadnought of the New Mexico.
Originally, both ships carried a single pole mast forward (known as a military mast) but soon after commissioning they were fitted with a cage or lattice mast aft, and in 1910 the forward mast was replaced by second lattice mast, which balance in design.
Neither ship saw battle : apart from deployments to the East Coast of North America and to the caribbean, both made cruise to europe. However in June 1912, Mississippi landed US marines in Cuba to protect US interests, and carried men and equipment to Pensacola,Florida , to build a naval air stations. In April and May 1914,she transported seaplanes and crews to Vera Cruz, Mexico ,when American squadron landed a force of 800 marines and seamen during period of political unrest. Mississippi's use as a seaplane tender was probably the first overseas deployment of aircraft by the USN. In 1909 Mississippi and 1911 Idaho entered the Mississippi River for a tour of central US states with no seaboard. In 1910, both ships visited France and Britain, where they must looked old-fashioned.
In July 1914, Mississippi and Idaho were sold to Greece, becoming the only USN battleship ever to be transferred to a foreign power and rename to Kilkis and Lemnos respectively and served in the Greek navy until April 1941 when they were sunk by German Dive-Bomber Junkers stuka at Salamis thus becoming the first American- built battleship to be lost to air attack.
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state of Mississippi sealService carrier Mississippi
1908:(Sept-Jan 1909) Refit cage mainmast added
1910 (Nov-Jan 1911) Godwill voyage to England and Frances
1911 Refit:bridge modified and cage foremast fitted
1912 (June) carried troops to Cuba
1912( 1 Aug-Jan 1914) In reserve
1914 (6 Jan-3 July) Aircraft depot ship
1914 (4 Apr-June) Vera Cruz incident
1914 (25 Apr) first operational flight by seaborne aircraft
1914 (21 July) sold to Greece, renamed Kilkis
1914 (Aug-1930) Flagship of Greek navy boilers retubed
1932 Relagated to minor duties
1935-1941 Anti-Aircraft training ship
1941 (23 April) Sunk by German Aircraft in Pireus Harbour
Displacement:
Standard tons (tonnes) 12,517 (12,717)
normal tons (tonnes) 12,945 (13,152)
full load tons (tonnes) 14,465 (14,696)
Dimensions:
lenght (wl) 375ft (114.5M)
(oa) 382ft (116.4M)
beam 77ft (23.4M)
draught 24.8ft (7.6M)
Armament:
Guns
12in (305 mm) 45 call 4
8in (203 mm) 45 call 8
7in (178 mm) 45 call 8
3in (76 mm) 12
3pdr (47 mm) 4
0.3in (7.6 mm) 8
21in (533 mm) 2
Armour:
Side (belt) 7-9in (178 -229 mm)
deck 3in (76mm)
main turrets 8-12in (203-305mm)
barbettes 10in (254mm)
secondary turrets 6-6.5in (152-165mm)
casemates 7in (178mm)
Machinery:
boilers (type) Babcock & wilcox
(number) 8
engines (type) triple expansion
shaft 2
Total IHP:
Designed 10,000
Trial (max) 13,607
Fuel capacity:
coal normal tons (tonnes) 600 (610)
max tons (tonnes) 1,750 (1,778)
Performance
Designed speed 17 Knots
Trial speed (max) 17,11 knots
range 8,230 miles (6,920nm) 10 Knots
crew 744-755
Ships: Kilkis (ex-Mississippi BB-23) Lemnos (ex-Idaho BB-24 )
Where built: Cramp,Philadelphia Cramp,PhiladelphiaAuthorised: 1903 1903
Laid down: 12 May 1904 12 May 1904
Launched: 30 September 1905 9 Dec 1905
Completed: 1 Feb 1908 March 1908
Transferred and renamed: 21 July 1914 30 July 1914
Fate: Sunk 23 Apr 1941 Sunk 23 Apr 1941
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