She left Hampton Roads on June 25, 1845, to serve as Commodore Charles W. On December 12, 1844, it was commanded by Comdr. The first Jamestown was built at the Navy Yard in Gosport, Virginia, and launched in 1844. USS Mississippi was awarded eight battle stars for participation in World War II. In both operations, suicide planes caused damage to the battleship. Mississippi provided artillery to assist the attack during the invasion of Okinawa from March to June 1945 and the Lingayen landings in January 1945. She was a member of the group that invaded Peleliu and Leyte later that year and won the Battle of Surigao Strait against a Japanese task force. On November 29, 1943, while performing the latter operation, Mississippi experienced a second turret explosion that claimed the lives of 43 people.Īfter repairs, she took part in the invasion of Kwajalein in February 1944 and attacked islands controlled by the Japanese in February and March.
In 1943, she took part in operations against Kiska Island, in the Aleutians, and in the seizure of the Gilbert Islands. She spent the majority of 1942 in the South Pacific after traveling along the American west coast for much of the year.
She was commissioned in 1817 and saw active service during World War II, though she was decommissioned in 1956.įollowing the Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor in early 1942, Mississippi re-joined the Pacific Fleet. The USS Mississippi, also known as BB-41, was a battleship of the U.S.
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