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MISSISSIPPI (AG 128)
(ex-BB 41)

MISCELLANEOUS

UIC:03041
Class:AG 128 Fleet:
Status:Disposed of, sold for scrapping Homeport:
Date status changed:11/28/1956 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: NEWPORT NEWS/NEWPT
Delivery Date:12/18/1917
Award Date:11/23/1914 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):38.9 years
Keel Date:04/05/1915 Commission Date:12/18/1917
Launch Date:01/25/1917 Inactivation Date:
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal)39.8 years Decommission Date:09/17/1956
Years from Commission to Decommission: 38.7
Stricken Date: 07/30/1956

Overall Length: 624 ft Waterline Length:600 ft
Extreme Beam:106 ft Waterline Beam:0 ft
Maximum Navigational Draft:34 ft Draft Limit:
Light Displacement:33000 tons Full Displacement:39600 tons
Dead Weight:6600 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers: 4
Number of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:
Accommodations: Officers: 95 Enlisted: 1989

Remarks: CONVERTED TO A TEST AND EXPERIMENTAL SHIP AT THE NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD (NOV. 45
- JULY 47). SHE WAS DECOMMISSIONED ON 9/17/1956 BUT WAS NOT STRICKEN UNTIL SIX
WEEKS BEFORE ON 7/30/1956. SHE WAS SOLD FOR SCRAP TO BETHLEHEM STEEL CO., BETHLE
HEM, PA





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