The USS Mississippi's Cursed Gun Turret
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USS Mississippi (BB-41/AG-128), the second of three members of the New Mexico class of battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state. The ship was built at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia, from her keel laying in April 1915, her launching in January 1917, and her commissioning in December that year. She was armed with a battery of twelve 14-inch (356 mm) guns in four three-gun turrets, and was protected by heavy armor plate, with her main belt armor being 13.5 inches (343 mm) thick.
The ship remained in North American waters during World War I, conducting training exercises to work up the crew. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the ship served in the Pacific Fleet. In May 1941, with World War II and the Battle of the Atlantic raging, Mississippi and her two sister ships were transferred to the Atlantic Fleet to help protect American shipping through the Neutrality Patrols. Two days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Mississippi departed the Atlantic to return to the Pacific Fleet; throughout her participation in World War II, she supported amphibious operations in the Pacific. She shelled Japanese forces during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands and the Philippines campaigns and the invasions of Peleliu and Okinawa. The Japanese fleet attacked American forces during the Philippines campaign, and in the ensuing Battle of Leyte Gulf, Mississippi took part in the Battle of Surigao Strait, the last battleship engagement in history.
After the war, Mississippi was converted into a gunnery training ship, and was also used to test new weapons systems. These included the RIM-2 Terrier missile and the AUM-N-2 Petrel missile. She was eventually decommissioned in 1956 and sold to ship breakers in November that year.
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I knew a man that was on her in WW2. Told me a couple of storys. Good man!
The 20 knot battleship fleet a dozen battleships amazing had almost the identical turning radius as well as similar handling capabilities
The figurehead of the previous USS Mississippi is is on permanent display outside the Mississippi capitol building. It was taken off when it was sold to Greece, I think. The Luftwaffe sank it in the Mediterranean Sea.The one being talked about, along with many other ships, was used in trials to see what an atomic bomb would do to ships.
Thank you HIDDEN HISTORY for the hard work that comes from your research.Its not very easy tracking WW2 operations down.😊
Sad sorry of what sounds like preventable events.RIP to our fallen naval men.
how could such a sophisticated and prestigious nation as ours let something like this happen.. Just goes to show how much better our country is now!
I will have to disagree with you on that comment.My thoughts are just the opposite.😊
@@markpaul-ym5wgmaybe the comment was satirical?
@haroldestep8264 I follow ya Harold.You got me on that 1.Have a blessed day brother.
Would a visual inspection of the barrel reveal any unused/burning remnants of the previous round?
After the compressed air was injected into the barrel, would a crewman,
who leaned over and looked up the length of the barrel, be able to see such remnants?
Is such an inspection REQUIRED as part of the crews training?
If yes, why were there no (post mortem) charges?
If yes, why were there not stricter inspection rules?
If yes, considering that THE SAME THING had previously killed dozens of sailors,
why was the command so negligent in enforcing stricter inspection procedures?
Why was the crew so lazy as to not just "lean over and look up the barrel"?
Sure. I want a scapegoat.
I also want to know cause-and-effect.
I wonder how this could have been prevented too.