NavSource Online: Battleship Photo Archive
BB-41 USS MISSISSIPPI
1942 - 1943
To Additional Pages
1915 - 1919
1920 - 1930
1931 - 1941
1944 - 1945
Post War - Decommissioning
Please Report Any Broken Links Or Trouble You Might Come Across To The Webmaster
Please Take A Moment To Let Us Know So That We Can Correct Any Problems And Make Your Visit As Enjoyable And As Informative As Possible.
1915 - 1919
1920 - 1930
1931 - 1941
1944 - 1945
Post War - Decommissioning
| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
Size | Image Description | Contributed By And/Or Copyright |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 484k | Overhead Port Side view of the Mississippi (BB-41) looking aft at Norfolk Navy Yard, Porthmouth, VA. 3 Jan. 1942. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 315k | Port bow, close-up. Norfolk Navy Yard, Porthmouth, VA. 3 Jan. 1942. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 372k | Port Quarter, close-up of the Mississippi (BB-41) at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portmouth, VA. 3 Jan. 1942. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 264k | Looking aft from bow of the Mississippi (BB-41) at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portmouth, VA. 3 Jan. 1942. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 481k | Overhead port,looking fwd. on the Mississippi (BB-41) at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portmouth, VA. 3 Jan. 1942. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 290k | Looking fwd. from stern at the Mississippi (BB-41) at Norfolk Navy Yard, Porthmouth, VA. 3 Jan. 1942. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 |
135k | June, 1942 photo of the ship at San Pedro before many modifications were done. Elaborate searchlight controls have been eliminated and 20mm guns supplement her four quadruple 1.1/75 caliber A.A. mounts. | USN photo. | |
 |
83k | June, 1942 photo of the ship at San Pedro before many modifications were done. Elaborate searchlight controls have been eliminated and 20mm guns supplement her four quadruple 1.1/75 caliber A.A. mounts. | USN photo. | |
 |
62k | The S-47 (SS-158) off San Francisco, CA., 7 September 1943, following overall. A platform has been added to her conning tower for a single 20-millimeter antiaircraft gun; her gun deck gun is a manually-operated dual-purpose 3-inch 50-caliber. Mounted just ahead of her periscopes is an SJ surface-search and torpedo-control radar. The small tripod forward of the deck gun supports an early type of underwater listening equipment. S-47 displays no identification except her national ensign, and wears dull black wartime submarine finish. In the left background is the characteristic silhouette of a New Mexico class (BB-40 / 42) battleship. Both the Mississippi (BB-41) & Idaho (BB-42) were there at the time, with the Idaho arriving that day. |
US Navy photo # NH 42192, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. | |
 |
136k | Stern view of the Mississippi (BB-41) off San Francisco on 8 Oct. 1943. | USN photo # 7006-43, courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
 |
521k | Starboard broadside view of the Mississippi (BB-41) off San Francisco on 8 Oct. 1943. | USN photo # 7007-43, courtesy of David Buell. Photo added 05/08/09. | |
 | 196k | Mississippi (BB-41) Plan view aft. San Francisco, Ca. 8 October 1943. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 289k | Mississippi (BB-41) at San Francisco, CA. October 1943. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 522k | Lots of action going on as sailors go through their work details aboard the Mississippi (BB-41) at San Francisco, CA. October 1943. Checking rations on the life rafts, hanging laundry, working on the funnel, etc. Note the new 20mm gallery P/S of the stack, on the mainmast radar platform an "SK" air search antenna. Note the Mk.3 main battery fire control radar atop her aft director and the Mk.51 director directly below for the twin and a quad. 40mm's that have been installed. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 521k | Photo taken a little bit more to starboard of the above photo. Note the new 20mm gallery P/S of the stack, on the mainmast radar platform an "SK" air search antenna. Note the Mk.3 main battery fire control radar atop her aft director and the Mk.51 director directly below for the twin and a quad. 40mm's that have been installed. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 489k | Mississippi (BB-41) in the still full dry dock at Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA., October 1943. Note the 45-Inch perforated parabolic Mk.18 antenna coupled in level and cross-level to the optical rangefinder of the 5-Inch GFCS. Mk.28,just installed. Note the circled Mk.3 main battery fire control antenna and the RDF loop in front of her stack. Atop her foremast "SG", a 10-cm surface search radar. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. . | |
 | 98k | Photographed from Natoma Bay (CVE-62), shortly after the conclusion of the Gilberts Campaign, Sept - Dec. 1943. The three battleships, in an anchorage protected by anti-torpedo nets, are (from left to right): Idaho (BB-42), New Mexico (BB-40), and Mississippi (BB-41). | USNHC # 80-G-275940 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 106k | The Idaho (BB-42), New Mexico (BB-40) & Mississippi (BB-41) at Pearl Harbor sometime after 5 December 1943. All three battleships then proceeded with the Marshall Islands assault force 12 January 1944. | Photo courtesy of Joseph Macdonald. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. | |
| Crew Contact And Reunion Information USS Mississippi BB-41 Contact Name: Mr. Stanley Airington Address: 1030 E Louisiana St Norman, OK, 73071-4421 Phone: 405-329-8387 E-mail: None |
Crew Contact And Reunion Information USS Mississippi ARG-128 Contact Name: Mr. Jack Hefferman Address: 163 Shawn's Hideaway, Millsboro, DE, 19966 Phone: 302-947-1896 E-mail: None |
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
| Back To The Main Photo Index | Back To The Battleship Photo Index Page |
