USS ''Mississippi'', named either for the state of
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. Miss ...
or the
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 f ...
, 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
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 ...
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 ...
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United States Navy ship names