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USS Mississippi (CGN-40) At Sea In 1978
USS ''Mississippi'', named either for the state of Mississippi or the Mississippi River, may refer to: * was a sidewheel frigate that saw action in the Mexican–American War and was lost during the American Civil War * was the lead ship of the of battleships, saw action before World War I and was eventually sold to Greece * was a and saw action during World War II * was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser * is a commissioned in 2012 See also * refers to several United States Army Corps of Engineers towboats * refers to a projected ironclad of the Confederate States Navy *CSS ''Mississippi'' was a projected Confederate ironclad turret ram eventually completed as HMS Wivern (1863) The first HMS ''Wivern'' was an Ironclad warship, ironclad turret ship built at Birkenhead, England. She was one of two sister ships secretly ordered from the John Laird Sons & Company shipyard in 1862 by the Confederate States of America. Her ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi, USS United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mississippi's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Mississippi is the 32nd largest and 35th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states and has the lowest per-capita income in the United States. Jackson is both the state's capital and largest city. Greater Jackson is the state's most populous metropolitan area, with a population of 591,978 in 2020. On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union. By 1860, Mississippi was the nation's top cotton-producing state and slaves accounted for 55% of the state population. Mississippi declared its secession from the Union on January 9, 1861, and was one of the seven original Confederate States, which constituted the largest slaveholding states in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian mountains. The main stem is entirely within the United States; the total drainage basin is , of which only about one percent is in Canada. The Mississippi ranks as the thirteenth-largest river by discharge in the world. The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Native Americans have lived along the Mississippi River and its tributaries for thousands of years. Most were hunter-ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ironclad
An ironclad is a steam engine, steam-propelled warship protected by Wrought iron, iron or steel iron armor, armor plates, constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shell (projectile), shells. The first ironclad battleship, , was launched by the French Navy in November 1859 - narrowly pre-empting the British Royal Navy. They were first used in warfare in 1862 during the American Civil War, when ironclads operated against wooden ships and, in a historic confrontation, against each other at the Battle of Hampton Roads in Virginia. Their performance demonstrated that the ironclad had replaced the unarmored ship of the line as the most powerful warship afloat. City-class ironclad, Ironclad gunboats became very successful in the American Civil War. Ironclads were designed for several uses, including as high seas battleships, long-range cruisers, and Littoral (military), coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Wivern (1863)
The first HMS ''Wivern'' was an ironclad turret ship built at Birkenhead, England. She was one of two sister ships secretly ordered from the John Laird Sons & Company shipyard in 1862 by the Confederate States of America. Her true ownership was concealed by the fiction that she was being built as the Egyptian warship ''El Monassir''. She was to have been named CSS ''Mississippi'' upon delivery to the Confederacy. Her sister was built under the false name ''El Tousson'' and was to have been renamed CSS ''North Carolina''. In October 1863, a few months after their launch and before they could be completed, the UK Government seized the two ironclads. In 1864, the Admiralty bought them and commissioned them into the Royal Navy: ''El Monassir'' as HMS ''Wivern'' and ''El Tousson'' as . ''Wivern'' had a long Royal Navy career, until she was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1922. Design and description ''Mississippi'' and her sister were intended, together with other warships, to break the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
