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=== Pros and cons ===
 
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
 
* Incredible survivability due to thick armour belt covered the entire citadel and huge crew count
 
* Incredible survivability due to thick armour belt covered the entire citadel and huge crew count
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* All of the crew compartments were located deep below the deck, thus making them practically immune to HE blasts
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* All of the crew compartments are located deep below the deck, thus making them practically immune to HE blasts
 
* Twelve 14-inch guns with high-power APCBC shells
 
* Twelve 14-inch guns with high-power APCBC shells
 
* Heavy anti-air armaments at all ranges
 
* Heavy anti-air armaments at all ranges
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* Has an access to air scanning radar
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* Has an access to air search radar
  
 
'''Cons:'''
 
'''Cons:'''
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* Terrible stock grind due to weak default shell for both the main and secondary guns, thus greatly limiting its damage output
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* Weak default shell for both the main and secondary guns, thus greatly limiting its damage output
 
* Incredibly slow top speed and poor maneuverability, extremely vulnerable to large bombs and torpedoes
 
* Incredibly slow top speed and poor maneuverability, extremely vulnerable to large bombs and torpedoes
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* The main guns has very slow rate of fire
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* The main guns have very slow rate of fire
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* Secondary armaments only has HE-TF when stock, thus making it useless against surface targets until HE-VT shell is researched
 
 
* Poorly-protected bridge, expect it to be knocked out often
 
* Poorly-protected bridge, expect it to be knocked out often
 
* Open-mount AA suite are highly vulnerable to explosive blasts
 
* Open-mount AA suite are highly vulnerable to explosive blasts
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* ''topic on the official game forum;''
 
* ''topic on the official game forum;''
 
* ''other literature.'' -->
 
* ''other literature.'' -->
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* [[wt:en/news/8642/current|[Devblog] Winter Extreme: USS Mississippi]]
 
* [[wt:en/news/8642/current|[Devblog] Winter Extreme: USS Mississippi]]
  
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USS Mississippi
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USS Mississippi

Description

The New Mexico-class, USS Mississippi (BB-41), 1945 is a gift rank American battleship with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced during Update "Air Superiority" as a reward for the 2023 Winter Extreme event.

General info

Survivability and armour

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Mobility

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Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode Upgrade Status Maximum Speed (km/h) Turn Time (s) Turn Radius (m)
Forward Reverse
AB Stock ___ ___
Upgraded
RB/SB Stock ___ ___
Upgraded

Modifications and economy

Armament

Primary armament

Main article: 14 inch/50 Mk.11 (356 mm)

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Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
1,000 m 2,500 m 5,000 m 7,500 m 10,000 m 15,000 m
Mk.19 HC HE 71 71 71 71 71 71
Mk.16 APCBC APCBC 714 669 601 543 493 418
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(s) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive mass
(TNT equivalent) (kg) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
Mk.19 HC HE 861 578.33 0 0.1 46.31 79° 80° 81°
Mk.16 APCBC APCBC 823 680.38 0.035 26 10.17 48° 63° 71°

Secondary armament

Main article: 5 inch/25 Mk.13 AA (127 mm)

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Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
1,000 m 2,500 m 5,000 m 7,500 m 10,000 m 15,000 m
Mk.36 AAC HE-TF 35 35 35 35 35 35
Mk.28 AAC-VT HE-VT 36 36 36 36 36 36
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(m) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive mass
(TNT equivalent) (kg) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
Mk.36 AAC HE-TF 657 24.42 0 0.1 3.16 79° 80° 81°
Proximity-fused shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(m) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Arming
distance (m) 		Trigger
radius (m) 		Explosive mass
(TNT equivalent) (kg) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
Mk.28 AAC-VT HE-VT 657 23.45 0 0.1 457 23 3.25 79° 80° 81°

Anti-aircraft armament

Main articles: Bofors L/60 Mark 2 (40 mm), 20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mark 24 (20 mm)

An important part of the ship's armament responsible for air defence. Anti-aircraft armament is defined by the weapon chosen with the control Select anti-aircraft weapons. Talk about the ship's anti-air cannons and machine guns, the number of guns and their positions, their effective range, and about their overall effectiveness – including against surface targets. If there are no anti-aircraft armaments, remove this section.

Scout plane

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Incredible survivability due to thick armour belt covered the entire citadel and huge crew count
  • All of the crew compartments are located deep below the deck, thus making them practically immune to HE blasts
  • Twelve 14-inch guns with high-power APCBC shells
  • Heavy anti-air armaments at all ranges
  • Has an access to air search radar

Cons:

  • Weak default shell for both the main and secondary guns, thus greatly limiting its damage output
  • Incredibly slow top speed and poor maneuverability, extremely vulnerable to large bombs and torpedoes
  • The main guns have very slow rate of fire
  • Poorly-protected bridge, expect it to be knocked out often
  • Open-mount AA suite are highly vulnerable to explosive blasts

History

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Media

Skins

See also

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  • reference to the series of the ship;
  • links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links


Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Gun Destroyers (DD) 
Clemson-class  USS Welborn C. Wood · HMS Churchill*
Heavy Cruisers (CA) 
Des Moines-class  USS Newport News
Battleships (BB) 
New York-class  USS Texas
New Mexico-class  USS Mississippi
  *USS Herndon in UK service

USA battleships
Delaware-class  USS North Dakota
Wyoming-class  USS Wyoming · USS Arkansas
New York-class  USS Texas
Nevada-class  USS Nevada
Pennsylvania-class  USS Arizona
New Mexico-class  USS Mississippi
Tennessee-class  USS Tennessee

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