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| USS New Mexico, USS Mississippi, and USS Idaho at sea, 24 Jul 1919 | US Navy Battle Fleet entering Panama Bay during fleet maneuvers, probably 1923 | USS fleet in Panama Bay, 1 Mar 1923 | USS Langley, USS Mississippi, USS New Mexico, and others at anchor off Culebra island, Puerto Rico, 18 Mar 1926 |
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| USS Mississippi and USS New Mexico during Fleet Review, off Los Angeles, California, United States, Dec 1938 | New Mexico at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 31 Dec 1941 | All three battleships of the New Mexico-class, USS Idaho, USS New Mexico, and USS Mississippi, moored abreast at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 17 Dec 1943 | USS ABSD-2 with USS Mississippi in the dock, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 12 Oct 1944 |
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| Battleship USS Mississippi bombarding Luzon, Philippines, 8 Jan 1945, during the Lingayen Gulf operation. Battleship USS West Virginia and cruiser HMAS Shropshire are behind Mississippi. | Battleship Mississippi in the Mississippi River en route to New Orleans, Louisiana, 16 Oct 1945 |
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