MISSISSIPPI EAG 128

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    New Mexico Class Battleship
    Keel Laid 5 April 1915 - Launched 25 January 1917

  1. USS MISSISSIPPI Battleship No. 41
  2. Commissioned 18 December 1917

  3. USS MISSISSIPPI BB-41
  4. Designated (BB) 17 July 1920

  5. USS MISSISSIPPI AG-128
  6. Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) 15 February 1946

  7. USS MISSISSIPPI EAG-128
  8. Reclassified Experimental Miscellaneous Auxiliary (EAG) 1955
    Decommissioned 17 September 1956

    Struck from Naval Register 30 July 1956
    Sold 28 November 1956 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Mississippi BB-41 Covers Page 1    (1918-1945)
  2. USS Mississippi AG-128 Covers Page 1    (1946-1953)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
---
Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Close-Up Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Full Cover Image


 

Locy Type
2

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-34a

1924-12-05

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
2(n) (BB)

1946-05-14

As AG-128. Still using Type BB device


 

Locy Type
2(n) (AG)

1948-01-30

As AG-128


 

Locy Type
2(n) (EAG)

1956-07-31

As EAG-128, rubber stamp cachet.


 

Locy Type
2t(nu) (AG)

1950-03-02

As AG-128


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

1930-09-13

As BB-41. Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BBT) 1935

"MANEUVERS /
BEGIN"

1935-04-29

As BB-41. Cachet by C. Wright Richell


 

Locy Type
3 (A-TBB)

"DRY DOCK /
N. YD. P. S."

1935-08-20

As BB-41. Cachet by C. Wright Richell


 

Locy Type
3 (A-TBB)

"150 ANNIV. /
U.S.M.C."

1935-11-10

As BB-41. Marine Detachment. Cachet by Walter G. Crosby


 

Locy Type
3 (A-TBB)

"SAN PEDRO /
CALIFORNIA"

1936-10-12

As BB-41. Columbus Day, cachet by Byrd L. Powell and Raymond St. John


 

Locy Type
3 (A-TBB, AT SEA)

1936-07-12

As BB-41. "AT SEA" looks like it was typed in manually.


 

Locy Type
3 (A-TBB, AT SEA)

1936-01-27

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BTT)

"HONORING /
OLD MISSY"

1939-11-14

As BB-41. Surrender of Tampico, Mexico, Cachetmaker - Charles W. Inglee


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BBT)

1941-01-13

Keel Laying of USS Laffey DD-459, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick


 

Locy Type
3ef

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-34b

1927-01-10

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
3r (A-BBT)

"BREMERTON
/ WASH."

1938-07-24

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
3rz

1918-06-15

As BB-41
Censored wartime (WWI) use - Killers blacked out


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

"COLUMBUS /
DAY"

1938-07-24

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
6

1933-02-28

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
7 (1919-21)

1919-08-03

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
7 (1936-41)

1938-01-23

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
7dri

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-34c

1948-10-27

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
7rz

1941-08-26

As BB-41. Cachet by Leonard Rogers


 

Locy Type
7rz

1941-10-20

As BB-41. Cachet by M. Fay Muridge


 

Locy Type
7rz

1942-03-04

As BB-41. Censored. Cachet by Leonard Rogers


 

Locy Type
7r

1953-08-24

As AG-128


 

Locy Type
9ef(nu) ("AG")

1947-09-20

AG-128. Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler


 

Locy Type 9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-34d

1935-08-20

As BB-41. Cachet by C. Wright Richell


 

Locy Type
9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-34e

1939-12-29

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
9efw 1935

1935-09-23

As BB-41. Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
9efw (1938-39)

1939-12-29

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
9x

1939-12-29

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
9px

1935-09-23

As BB-41


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-34f

1919-03-29

As BB-41


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-34

1945-10-27

As BB-41


 

Locy Type
SLKts (45x3)

1938-07-24

As BB-41



 

Locy Type
FAKE

1946-01-30

Note: "Fake cancels exist from this ship in 1946. The T-3 dated Apr 10, 1946 with "ANCS/1935-1946" is definitely a fake. The T-3 with other 1946 dates may be fakes. The 2(n) with a slightly flattened bottom and side of the dial may also be a forgery." {USCS Postmark Catalog} Cover & Postmark created by Glenn W. Dye (Grey Cover Service)


 

Locy Type
FAKE

1946-04-10

Note: "Fake cancels exist from this ship in 1946. The T-3 dated Apr 10, 1946 with "ANCS/1935-1946" is definitely a fake. The T-3 with other 1946 dates may be fakes. The 2(n) with a slightly flattened bottom and side of the dial may also be a forgery." {USCS Postmark Catalog} Cover & Postmark created by Glenn W. Dye (Grey Cover Service)


 

Time Dater
Used As
Postmark

1936-10-12

As BB-41. Columbus Day, cachet by Byrd L. Powell and Raymond St. John

 

Other Information

MISSISSIPPI received eight battle stars for World War II service

MISSISSIPPI BB-41 was at Tokyo Bay on September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of Mississippi.

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name MISSISSIPPI - USS Mississippi (Screw Steamer 1841), USS Mississippi BB-23, USS Mississippi BB-41 and USS Mississippi SSN-782.

 


 

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