USS ''Mississippi'', named either for the state of

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

or the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it fl ...

, may refer to: * was a sidewheel frigate that saw action in the Mexican–American War and was lost during the American Civil War * was the lead ship of the of battleships, saw action before World War I and was eventually sold to Greece * was a and saw action during World War II * was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser * is a commissioned in 2012

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