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Country: Greece.
Class, [Type]: Mississippi, [BB].

Builder: William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, USA.
Launch date: 30 September 1905.
Commission date: 22 July 1914.
Decommission date: 23 April 1941.

Displacement ( tons ): 14700 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 116,5 x 23,5 x 7,5.
Main machinery: 2 x Triple-expansion reciprocating engines ( 10000 hp ), 8 x Babcock and Wilcox water-tube boilers.
Speed ( knots ): 17.
Complement: 744.

Guns: 2 x 2 300mm, 4 x 2 203mm, 8 x 1 178mm, 12 x 1 76mm, 6 x 1 47mm, 2 x 1 37mm.
Torpedoes: 2 x 1 533mm torpedo tubes.
Comment: Ex - USS Mississippi ( BB- 23 ). Sunk on 23 April 1941 near Salamis.

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