Daily Event for January 25


Jan. 25, 1917 the Mississippi Battleship #41 was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding. After serving through
World War 2 and receiving 8 Battle Stars she was converted into a weapons testing ship and finally scrapped in
1957.
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MaritimeQuest.com


USS Mississippi BB-41 seen in 1943.

 



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