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State Ship Series: USS MISSOURI

There have been four ships commissioned named after the state of Missouri in the US Navy. The state was admitted into the United States on August 10, 1821.

USS MISSOURI (1841):

Class: Mississippi

Type: 10 Gun Sidewheel Steam Frigate

Laid down: 1840

Christened/Launched: January 7, 1841

Commissioned: 1842

Fate: Destroyed by fire on August 26–27, 1843

She departed the US in August 1843, carrying the US Minister to China, to Alexandria, Egypt, on the first leg of his journey to negotiate the first commercial treaty with China. While in Gibraltar after her first Atlantic crossing, a fire started caused when engineer's yeoman accidentally broke and ignited a demijohn of turpentine in the storeroom. The fire spread too quickly for the crew to put out so the caption order the crew to abandon ship. Within 4 hours the ship was sinking when one of the powder magazines exploded. Luckily, she was accompanied by MISSOURI's sister ship, USS MISSISSIPPI (1841) and the US Minister, who had saved all of the documents for the negotiation before he left the ship, was able to continue on to Egypt.

USS MISSOURI (BB-11):

Class: Maine

Type: Predreadnought Battleship

Ordered: May 4, 1898

Laid down: February 7, 1900

Christened/Launched: December 28, 1901

Commissioned: December 1, 1903

Decommissioned: September 8, 1919

Stricken: July 1, 1921

Fate: Sold for scrap in 1922

Participated in the World Cruise of the Great White Fleet. Served as a training ship during World War I and carried troops home after.

USS MISSOURI (BB-63):

Class: Iowa

Type: Fast Battleship

Ordered: June 12, 1940

Laid down: January 29, 1944

Sponsored: Margaret Truman

Christened/Launched: January 29, 1944

Commissioned: June 11, 1944

Decommissioned: February 26, 1955

Recommissioned: May 10, 1986

Decommissioned: March 31, 1992

Nicknamed: Mighty Mo

Motto: "Strength for Freedom"

Stricken: January 12, 1995

Fate: Museum ship in Pearl Harbor

During WWII, she fought at Iwo Jima, Okinawa where she was hit by a kamikaze and bombarded the mainland Japan. Famously hosted the formal surrender of Japan to the United States. She was the only battleship to not be decommissioned after the war and performed shore bombardment during the Korean War. She was the first Iowa to be decommissioned after the conflict, in 1955. She reactivated and modernized in the 1980's as part of Reagan's 600 ship plan. She shelled Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm. Decommissioned in 1992. She was kept in mothballs for a time in Bremerton, Washington and when the Navy decided to donate her to a museum, groups asked that she remain there. But the Navy decided to place her next to the wreck of USS ARIZONA to symbolize the beginning and end of WWII.

USS MISSOURI (SSN-780):

Class: Virginia Class Block II

Type: Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine

Ordered: August 14, 2003

Laid down: September 27, 2008

Launched: November 20, 2009

Sponsored: Rebecca W. Gates

Christened: December 5, 2009

Commissioned: July 31, 2010

Motto: "United we stand, divided we fall"

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U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-K-4575, 80-G-332701, USA-C-2719

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On this day in 1861, during the Civil War, the side-wheel steamer USS Susquehanna captures Confederate schooner San Juan bound for Elizabeth City, N.C., with a cargo of salt, sugar, and gin. Also on this day in 1850, a Congressional appropriation bill bans flogging on Navy and merchant marine ships, which President Millard Fillmore signs into law. Photo: USS Susquehanna sidewheel steam frigate by Gutekunst, 1860s, public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. (at The Steamship Historical Society of America) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFr64B1H3E4/?igshid=y4icoydim3mh

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Stained glass image depicting the sidewheel-steam frigate, USS Powhatan, under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry on his mission to deliver a letter from President Fillmore forcefully demanding that the Japanese Emperor open ports of trade with American ships. The eventual Treaty of Kanagawa was signed on March 5, 1854 in the tiny fishing village of Yokohama. Yokohama Port quickly expanded trade with the U.S., France, the U.K., and Russia transforming the village of Yokohama into a vibrant metropolitan port city welcoming cultures, technology, art, and ideas for political reform from around the world into Japan. ISO 1600 at ƒ/5 for 1/80 sec. #stainedglass #antiquewindow #neorenaissance #YokohamaPortOpeningMemorialHall #Japan #ポーハタン号 #黒船来航 #ペリー提督 #横浜市開港記念会館 #PentaxKS2

[lonestarbattleship]

State Ship Series: USS Mississippi

There have been four ships commissioned named after the state of Mississippi in the US Navy. The state was admitted into the United States on December 10, 1817.

USS Mississippi (BB-23), Mississippi class, predreadnought battleship, in commission from 1908 to 1914. She was found to have poor sea keeping qualities due to her small size in the Atlantic Ocean. She was sold to the Greek Navy in 1914, who renamed her Kilkis. The Greek Navy found Kilkis' design performed better in the relative calm waters of the Meditation Sea. She fought in WWI, Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War and the Greco-Turkish War. Her sister ship, Lemnos (exUSS Idaho (BB-24)) and her served until 1932, when they become barrack ships. When the Nazis invaded Greece, the Luftwaffe bombed the two in Salamis Naval Base and sank in the shallow waters. They were raised and scrapped after the war.

USS Mississippi (BB-41/AG-128), New Mexico Class, dreadnought battleship, in commission from 1917 to 1956. She was the only New Mexico Class battleship to be fitted with 5 inch guns on the casemates, but were quickly removed and the ports were blanked over, leaving the 5 inch guns on the main deck as the only remaining. All future battleships dropped the casemates on the gun deck. Along with her sisters, she was modernized in the mid 1930's and were the most modern dreadnought battleships at the beginning of WWII. She fought in the liberation of the Aleutian Islands, Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, Battle of Peleliu, Battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle of Surigao Strait, invasion of Okinawa during WWII. After the war, she took over training duty from USS Wyoming (AG-17) and had her 14 inch turrets removed so AA guns could be installed. In 1952, the RIM-2 Terrier missile and the AUM-N-2 Petrel missile were installed for training. She was scrapped in 1956.

USS Mississippi (DLGN/CGN-40), Virginia class, nuclear powered guided missile cruiser, reclassified as a Guided Missile Cruiser before launch, in commission from 1978 to 1997.

USS Mississippi (SSN-782), Virginia Class Block II, in commission from 2012 to present.

There was one ship commissioned named after the Mississippi river.

USS Mississippi (1841), Mississippi class, 10 gun sidewheel steam frigate, in commission from 1841 to 1863. Fought in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. She pushed the ram, CSS Manassas onto shore and hit her with two full broadsides. She was abandoned and destroyed to prevent capture when she ran aground in 1863.

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NPL: smc_mss0000187_000601_019

NHHC: NH 86366

330-CFD-DN-SC-85-01551

NARA: 513004