General History: Mississippi-class Battleship, Serving Two Navies

The last of the American pre-dreadnought designs, the Mississippi-class were a mess of compromises. Limited in tonnage and overall size, they were filled with flaws. Slow, poor seaboats, with the obsolete pre-dreadnought gun layout. In most cases, they would have been scrapped within a few years as a lost cause.

Enter Greece, where they would endure for nearly two decades. Before finally ending in a fire of German bombs, come World War Two.

Further Reading:

https://www.amazon.com/Conways-Worlds...
https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Battleship...
https://www.amazon.com/Greek-Naval-St...

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