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USS Mississippi (CGN-40)
| Career | 
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|---|---|
| Ordered: | 21 January, 1972 |
| Laid down: | 22 February 1972 |
| 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) |
| Draught: | 31,5 feet (9.6 meters) |
| Propulsion: | two D2G General Electric nuclear reactors |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 39 Officers, 539 Enlisted |
| Armament: | two Mk-26 missile launcher for Standard missiles (MR) and ASROC, two Mk-141 Harpoon missile launchers, two armored box launchers for Tomahawk ASM/LAM, Mk-46 torpedoes from two triple mounts, two 5-inch/54 caliber Mk-45 lightweight guns, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, four machine guns |
| Aircraft: | None |
| Motto: | |
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 is scheduled to enter the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program on 1 October 2004.
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