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	3.57k	Uncle Sam's New Engines of War. Battleships Idaho (BB-24) & Mississippi (BB-23) now building. Most formidable of their size in the world.		Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN. Photo from The Saint Paul Globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 05, March 1905, Image 10, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	2.49k	The powerful battleship Mississippi (BB-23) and her pretty sponsor.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photos from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 24 September 1905, Image 56, & the The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 30 September 1905, Last City Edition, Image 5 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	2.80k	THE BATTLESHIP MISSISSIPPI (BB-23) LAUNCHED TODAY, AS SHE-WILL LOOK COMPLETED NEW BATTLESHIP TO TAKE TO SEA The Mississippi, Peerless Battleship,Will Be Launched—Excels Others		Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN. Photo from The Minneapolis Journal. 1888-1939, 30 Sept. 1905, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	46k	The Mississippi (BB-23) slides down the launching ramps at the Cramp Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 30 September 1905.		Photo courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart.
	1.33k	NEW BATTLESHIP MISSISSIPPI (BB-23)		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from Deseret Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 14 October 1905, Last Edition, Part Two, Image 13, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	112k	Mississippi (BB-23) fitting out at the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1907. Note: Ship's name on stern; & the primer paint on hull seams and incomplete after turret top armor plate and access hatches		Text courtesy of Don Wagner. USNHC # 19-N-8-18-14.
	1.97k	HEROES DESCENDANTS CHOSEN TO COMMAND COVETED BATTLESHIPS Winslow and Fremont Named for Mississippi (BB-23) and New Hampshire (BB-25)		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times.(Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 25 October 1907, Last Edition, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	82k	Idaho (BB-24) and Mississippi (BB-23) fitting out at the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa late 1907 or early 1908. Mississippi, commissioned in February 1908, is presumably the more complete ship, in the center of the photograph.		USNHC # NH 86366, courtesy of Ted Stone, 1977.
	337k	Mississippi (BB-23) & Idaho (BB-24) at the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12 September 1908.		Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp. Photo added 04/10/12.
	107k	View on the after-deck, looking forward, 1908. Note: 12"/45 gun turret; after bridges with stump mainmast, searchlights and 3-pounder guns; winches, hatches and hose reel on the main deck. Photographed by Enrique Muller		Photograph # 19-N-60-10-12, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
	51k	Mississippi (BB-23) as completed, line drawing by A.D. Baker III.		Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
	72k	1908 photo, as completed with military masts.		USN photo.
	137k	Mississippi (BB-23) dressed with flags, off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during Founders' Week, 1908. Note motor launch off the starboard quarter, with Mississippi's name painted on its stern, and the ship's name in large letters atop the after superstructure.		USNHC # NH 46041.
	117k	View on the foredeck, looking aft, with the forward 12"/45 gun turret trained to starboard, 1908. Note: anchor chain and capstans; hatches; bridge structure with ship's bell attached below its forward end.		USNHC # 19-N-60-10-14 photographed by Enrique Muller.
	111k	View looking forward from the ship's port bridge wing, 1908. Note the 12"/45 gun turret with grating hatches open; also winch and capstans, with decorated tops on the latter. An old fortification is in the left distance. The photograph was taken off Goat Island in the East Passage of Rhode Island's Narraganset Bay. The "old fortification" seen in the distance is Fort Adams. During the early 1900's, the fleet customarily anchored in an area lying from the cove to the left of Fort Adams, to Goat Island and over to downtown Newport's waterfront.		Photo i.d. courtesy of Dave Fiske, ONI Liaison to Center for Naval Analysis. USNHC # NH 46043 photographed by Enrique Muller.
	580k	The ship departed Cuban waters 1 May for a cruise up the river which shared her name, the mighty Mississippi. Calling at the major ports of this great inland waterway, she arrived at Natchez 20 May, and then proceeded 5 days later to Horn Island where she received a silver service from the state of Mississippi. BATTLESHIP MISSISSIPPI (BB-23), THE FIRST MODERN WAR VESSEL TO NAVIGATE THE FATHER OF WATERS.		Text courtesy of DANFS. Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. Photo from The Marion Daily Mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 11 May 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	871k	BREAKS SPEED RECORD BATTLESHIP Mississippi (BB-23) D0ES 207 MILES IN 14 HOURS. On the Way to Horn Island, Where Presentation of Silver Service Will Be Made.		Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Photo from The Hickman Courier. (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 03 June 1909, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.02k	Range Finding Tower on Battleship Mississippi (BB-23).		Image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA. Photo from The True Democrat. (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 22 May 1909, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	871k	The Huge Battleship Visits Bayou Sara		Image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA. Photo from The True Democrat. (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 22 May 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	2.23k	BATTLESHIP MISSISSIPPI (BB-23) AT ANCHOR OFF THE NAVY YARD		Image and text provided by University of Florida. Photo from the The Pensacola Journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 29 May 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	78k	Mississippi (BB-23) underway, circa 1909, soon after she received a "cage" mainmast. Note that she is still fitted with a bow decoration.		USNHC # NH 61241.
	41k	Mississippi (BB-23) probably while anchored in the Hudson River, off 145th Street, New York City, during the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 25 Sept - 9 Oct. 1909.		Photo # 4a16081r courtesy of the Library of Congress.
	66k	Ice in the harbor with the Mississippi (BB-23) between 1908 & 1910.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
	61k	Mississippi (BB-23) at anchor with another ship in port, possibly after 10 February, sailing that day to join the "Great White Fleet" as it returned from its famous world cruise. Photographed by Brown & Shaffer, 1909.		USNHC # NH 101498, collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
	218k	Capt. William Freeland Fullam was the commanding officer of the battleship Mississippi (BB-23) from 1909 to 1910.		Photo courtesy of the United States Naval Academy & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
	32k	"Photograph of a postcard of Mississippi (BB-23) near Horn Island in June 1909 with a cage mast aft and a military mast forward. Also pictured postcard is Governor Edmund F. Noel of Mississippi and the commanding officer of the battleship, Captain John C. Freemont, USN.		Text courtesy of Don Wagner. Photo courtesy of Mississippi Department of Archives and History via Don Wagner.
	78k	At Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1910, shortly after she was fitted with a a "cage" foremast.		USNHC # NH 77099 photographed by J.W. Dawson.
	27k	Mississippi (BB-23) circa 1910, shortly after she was fitted with a "cage" foremast.		Courtesy of Joe Radigan.
	43k	Mississippi (BB-23) class after modification with cage masts.		Photo and text courtesy of globalsecurity.org.
	127k	Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Second Regiment of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet at Deer Point Camp, Guantanamo Bay, 13 February 1910. These men are from the battleships Minnesota (BB-22), New Hampshire (BB-25), Mississippi (BB-23) and Idaho (BB-24). The latter's battalion is in the center of the photograph. Ships in the harbor are mainly battleships, with some auxiliaries and cruisers also present. Newark (C-1), Station Ship at Guantanamo Bay, is in the center background, with a white hull.		USNHC # NH 105511. Donation of Truman C. Lane, 1990. Panoramic photograph by American Photo Company, Havana, Cuba.
	115k	Mississippi (BB-23) between 1910 & 1914.		Photo from U.S. Warships of World War One, by P.H. Silverstone & submitted by Robert Hurst.
	62k	Panoramic image (made from two individual views), showing U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships and auxiliaries in Guantanamo Bay, circa the early or middle 1910s. Ships present include (in left half of image): four Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleships, one South Carolina class (BB-26 / 27) battleship, one Delaware class (BB-28 / 29) battleship, two unidentified auxiliaries and a collier; (in right half of image): all six Connecticut class (BB-18 / 22 & 25) battleships, both Mississippi class (BB-23 / 24) battleships, two unidentified auxiliaries, hospital ship Solace (AH-2) and a gunboat.		USNHC # NH 104537. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
	44k	Photographed on 3 October 1911, probably off New York City.		Photograph # 19-N-13607, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
	65k	Capt. William John Maxwell was the commanding officer of the battleship Mississippi (BB-23) in 1911.		Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
	83k	A litho-printed photograph of the Mississippi (BB-23) with cage masts is from my collection of Atlas Editions series of warship cards.		Photograph WACKERBY-Books-and-Pics
	71k	U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming toward Mexican waters in 1914. Photograph copyrighted in 1914 by E. Muller, Jr., and Pach. The following battleships that were dispatched to Mexican waters included the: Ohio (BB-12), Virginia (BB-13), Nebraska (BB-14), Georgia (BB-15), New Jersey (BB-16), Rhode Island (BB-17), Connecticut (BB-18), Louisiana (BB-19), Vermont (BB-20), Kansas (BB-21), Minnesota (BB-22), Mississippi (BB-23), Idaho (BB-24), New Hampshire (BB-25), South Carolina (BB-26), Michigan (BB-27), Delaware (BB-28), North Dakota (BB-29), Florida (BB-30), Utah (BB-31), Wyoming (BB-32), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34) & Texas (BB-35). In insets are (left to right): Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger.		USNHC # NH 60322.
	121k	Reactivated from the Atlantic Reserve Fleet on 30 December 1913, Mississippi (BB-23), with then Lieutenant Commander Mustin in command, was orderd to proceed in company with the reactivated Orion (AC-11) to Annapolis and Norfolk to embark newly trained navy pilots, enlisted mechanics, aircraft and hanger equipment. After loading, the two vessels proceeded in company to the former site of the old and dilapidated Pensacola Navy Yard (1826-1911) and establish a new Naval Aeronautical Station. Prior to the two ships arrival in Pensacola Bay on 20 January 1914, LCDR Mustin was officially designated as the Navy's Air Pilot #3 - thus, Mississippi was under command of a qualified Naval Aviator. While in Pensacola Bay, Mississippi was designated as the Aeronautical Station Ship, Pensacola and retain that designation until she was duly relieved as the station ship by North Carolina (ACR-12) later in the year. While in Pensacola Bay, LCDR Mustin also wore the hat as the first Commandant, Naval Aeronautical Station, Pensacola (January 1914 - January 1916) which is the present day "Cradle of Naval Aviation" - Naval Air Training Center Pensacola, Florida.		Text courtesy of Don Wagner. Photo courtesy of State Archives of Florida - #RC18993.
	112k	"With orders to embark "one aeroplane section" from the Naval Aeronautical Station, and with LCDR Mustin in command of Mississippi (BB-23), she sailed from Pensacola Bay on 21 April 1914 for Vera Cruz, Mexico for scouting and observation duties in support of the U. S. forces responding to the crisis. USS Birmingham (CL-2), with a similar complement of aircraft embarked, simultaneously sailed from Pensacola Bay for assignment in and around the port of Tampico, Mexico. Shown on Mississippi's port side main deck is a Curtiss "Flying Boat" (designated and numbered AB-3). Secured to the top of the after 12"/.45 caliber twin turret, is the second aircraft of the "section" - a Curtiss pontoon type "Hydroaeroplane"(designated and numbered AH-3). Note the jerry-rigged boat boom attached to the bulkhead and supported by lines to the "cage mast" (also referred to as a "fighting tower" or "basket mast") for the handling of aircraft to and from the water."		Text courtesy of Don Wagner. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # 80-G-461428, now in the collections of the National Archives.
	929k	Aeroplane Fleet Now at Vera Cruz The battleship Mississippi (BB-23) with a full complement of aeroplanes and equipment, steamed into Vera Cruz harbor this morning, and before nightfall the American aeroplane corps will be given their first experience in real war: The warship which brought the corps from Key West has joined Rear Admiral Badger's fleet. The military aviators are ready to take up their air scouting, and are but awaiting orders.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 24 April 1914, HOME EDITION, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	68k	"Mississippi's (BB-23) assigned Flying Boat AB-3 on the temporary boom. Some of the ship's boats had been removed to allow space for aircraft handling, stowage and maintenance prior to departure from Pensacola's Naval Aeronautical Station for her Vera Cruz mission that lasted from 24 April - 12 May 1914."		Text courtesy of Don Wagner. Photo from the University of San Diego History Department & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
	458k	Aerial view of the Mississippi (BB-23) circa 1914.		US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 2008.104.001, courtesy of Mike Green.
	427k	Bow on view of the Mississippi (BB-23), in 1914, serving as a a station ship at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. She has boilers lit and is belching smoke. A Curtiss Flying Boat can be seen flying overhead.		US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 2008.104001.006, courtesy of Mike Green.
	101k	A US Navy Hanriot HD.2 taking off from the Mississippi (BB-23) after conversion from the standard float-plane form as first supplied.		Photo courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
	776k	With the Mississippi (BB-23) moored in the background, a shore crane at Naval Aeronautical Air Station Pensacola, Florida, hoists an Curtiss A-2 pusher aircraft out of the water after a crash circa 1914.		US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 2008.104.001.013. courtesy of Mike Green.
	610k	With the Mississippi (BB-23) and an unidentified monitor, either Arkansas (M-7), Connecticut (M-8) or Florida (M-9) moored in the background, an early Curtiss flying boat overflies the ships at Naval Air Station Pensacola circa 1914.		US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 2008.104.001.012. courtesy of Mike Green.
	856k	LITTLE OBJECTION TO SALE FOR BIG PRICE OF TWO OBSOLETE BATTLESHIPS. Forward deck of Mississippi (BB-23).		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Ogden Standard. (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 20 June 1914, 4 P.M. City Edition, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	837k	WILSON APPROVES SALE TO GREECE OF TWO BATTLESHIPS GREEKS ASSURED HIM NO WAR IS CONTEMPLATED		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times.(Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 22 June 1914, HOME EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	757k	United States Navy Flying Boats at Sea		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 05 July 1914, Image 40, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	72k	Naval Aviation Chief Captain W. A. Moffett is the new director of naval aviation for the U. S. navy. Because of the steadily increasing importance of aviation in ihe navy, this is one of the biggest posts in the service. Moffett was formerly comuandant of the Great Lakes naval training station and later commander of the battleship Mississippi (BB-23).		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from the The Ogden Standard.(Ogden, Utah) 1920-current, 16 January 1921, LAST EDITION, SECOND SECTION, Image 18, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.00k	GREECE PAYS FOR TWO U.S. BATTLESHIPS Secretary Daniels Receiving $12,535,275 check for the Idaho (BB-24) and the Mississippi (BB-23).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 10 July 1914, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

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Additional Mississippi Images
2 General Views Of Mississippi From The Library Of Congress Server.

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USS MISSISSIPPI BB-23 History
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