Military


BB-23 Mississippi Class

Ships
Hull No. Ship Name Builder Laid Down Launch Comm Status
BB 23 MISSISSIPPI Wm. Cramp & Sons,
Philadelphia, PA
5/12/1904 9/30/1905 2/1/1908 Sold to Greek Navy, 30 July 1914; renamed LEMNOS. Sunk by German bombers in Salamis Harbor, 23 Apr 1941, later salvaged and sold as scrap.
BB 24 IDAHO Wm. Cramp & Sons,
Philadelphia, PA
5/12/1904 12/9/1905 4/1/1908 Sold to Greek Navy, 30 July 1914. Served as coastal defense ship KILKIS. Sunk by German aircraft at Salamis Harbor, 23 Apr 1941.
 

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