USS Mississippi

Survived

Type	Battleship
Class	New Mexico
War	Second World War
Main guns	12 × 14″ guns

Spent the First World War in home waters. A turret explosion killed 48 of her crew in 1924. At Surigao Strait she fired the last salvo of the last battle between battleships. Ended her days as a gunnery and missile trials ship.

The U.S. Navy battleship USS Mississippi (BB-41) operating at sea during the later 1930s. She has three Curtiss SOC Seagull aircraft on her catapults. Photo: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

12 × 14 in (356 mm)/50 cal guns
14 × 5 in (127 mm)/51 cal guns
4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns
2 × Mark 8 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

Belt: 8–13.5 in (203–343 mm)
Turret face: 18 in (457 mm)
Conning tower: 16 in (406 mm)
Decks: 3.5 in (89 mm)

Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down	5 April 1915
Launched	25 January 1917
Commissioned	18 December 1917
Displacement	Normal: 32,000 long tons (32,514 t) Full load: 33,000 long tons (33,530 t)
Length	624 ft (190 m)
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	55 officers 1,026 enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

25 January 1917

Battle of Surigao Strait

Survived

24–25 October 1944

Fired the last salvo