Name/Title
Surf Boad Riding (Baker Photo)Description
Inscribed "Surf Boad Riding".
Ray Jerome Baker photo.
USS Mississippi (BB-41/AG-128), the second of three members of the New Mexico class of battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state. The ship was built at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia, from her keel laying in April 1915, her launching in January 1917, and her commissioning in December that year. She was armed with a battery of twelve 14-inch (356 mm) guns in four three-gun turrets, and was protected by heavy armor plate, with her main belt armor being 13.5 inches (343 mm) thick. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the ship served in the Pacific Fleet.Created By
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