USS Mississippi (BB-23) - Royal Hellenic Navy

Royal Hellenic Navy

For more details on this topic, see Greek battleship Kilkis.

Mississippi decommissioned at Newport News on 21 July 1914, and was turned over to the Royal Hellenic Navy the same day.

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