Allied Warships
USS Mississippi (BB 41)
Battleship of the New Mexico class
USS Mississippi as seen prewar.
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Battleship |
| Class | New Mexico |
| Pennant | BB 41 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 5 Apr 1915 |
| Launched | 25 Jan 1917 |
| Commissioned | 18 Dec 1917 |
| End service | 17 Sep 1956 |
| History | Stationed in Iceland when the attack on Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941 took place. She soon moved to the Pacific spending the remainder of the war there.
Used as a gunnery test ship from November 1945 until July 1947. |
Commands listed for USS Mississippi (BB 41)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Capt. Raymond Ames Spruance, USN | Apr 1938 | Jan 1940 | |
| 2 | Capt. William Robert Munroe, USN | 6 Feb 1940 | ||
| 3 | Capt. Walden Lee Ainsworth, USN | 15 Nov 1942 | ||
| 4 | Capt. Lunsford Lomax Hunter, USN | 16 Nov 1942 | 17 Apr 1944 | |
| 5 | Capt. Heman Judd Redfield, Jr., USN | 17 Apr 1944 | 18 Jul 1945 | |
| 6 | T/Capt. John Francis Crowe, Jr., USN | 18 Jul 1945 | ||
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