USS Mississippi (CGN-40)
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| Career | Image:US Naval Jack.svg |
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| Ordered: | 21 January 1972 |
| Laid down: | 22 February 1975 |
| Launched: | 31 July 1976 |
| Commissioned: | 5 August 1978 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 July 1997 |
| Fate: | Nuclear Recycling |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | approx. 11,300 tons full load |
| Length: | 585 feet (178 meters) |
| Beam: | 63 feet (19.2 meters) |
| Draft: | 31,5 feet (9.6 meters) |
| Propulsion: | two D2G General Electric nuclear reactors |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: Unlimited | |
| Complement: | 39 Officers, 539 Enlisted |
| Armament: | Two Mk-26 missile launcher for "Standard" SAMs and ASROC (68 missiles), two Mk-141 Harpoon missile launchers, two armored box launchers for Tomahawk missile ASM/LAM, Mk-46 torpedoes from two triple mounts, two 5 inch/54 caliber Mk-45 lightweight guns, two 20 mm Phalanx CIWS, four machine guns |
| Aircraft: | None |
| Nicknames: | Mudsucker or H.O.T.B. |
USS Mississippi (CGN-40) was a Virginia class nuclear powered guided missile armed cruiser laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry-dock Corporation at Newport News in Virginia on 22 February 1975, launched on 31 July 1976 and commissioned on 5 August 1978. USS Mississippi was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 July 1997 and entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program around 1 October 2004.
[edit] See also
See USS Mississippi for other ships of the same name.
[edit] External links
| Virginia-class guided missile cruiser |
| Virginia | Texas | Mississippi | Arkansas |
| List of United States Navy cruisers |
