As the Greek Kilkis
An item referred to the Army and Navy Journal reporting that the Mississippi part of the American Atlantic Fleet executed full speed tests of with the following results: speed 17 (design)-17,11 (when handed over)-17,05 (in service) miles and with a displacement of 13.000 (when handed over)-13.179 (in service) tons. Her service speed influenced by the fact that one screw was damaged before the test started.(1)
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1. Part of the Mississippi-class consisting of the Mississippi and Idaho, preceded by the Connecticut-class and succeeded by the South-Carolina-class. Building authorized under the 1903 naval budget. Due their old fashioned design already outdated even before completion. Sea keeping qualities on a low level causing unacceptable rolling and pitching gunnery platforms while serving on the Atlantic Ocean. Laid down by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, USA on 12 May 1904, launched by Miss Mabel Clare Money on 30 September 1905, commissioned on 1 February 1909, decommissioned at Newport News and sold to Greece on 21 July 1914, renamed Kilkis, training ship since 1930s, sunk during a German air attack while lying in the Salamis navy base where she served as a floating battery on 23 April 1941 and broken up in the 1950s.
