Mississippi (CGN 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 z-Micah' M Miss Janet Finch, Sponsor, assisted by Mr. John P. Diesel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Newport News Ship- building, christens the MISSISSIPPI- In the background are Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., of Virginia, Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi and Miss Virginia Anne Finch, Maid of Honor. The two Misses Finch are daughters of Governor Charles C. Finch of Mississippi. SI I v L6 ' +A.. , 5 ,. 'Ya f th ,. -I iv-X ' . ...fl-me i MW' ' .1 -ana.-fs an, A I I I ,, V it F if W 9'- I - W C W - H ,, , ,, ' i V I , .ffl , ...if .. , . f , ..z , 4' iw V , ' ' ', f - Exif '451- i,A..Mf if 9' l'x...21- ' 3' 4, 'M -..MM - ,Q ., fr M -' , ,AW -V , V ,sw ,V A Mt ,W Y -', , ' if 4u,.,,'e3g,g fs., ' ' , r . , 'I -Y..--' ' f 7fI

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IILLL LHIIIIU an uni.. ..-'------ Newport News ShlPl9U'Id'n9 I r , X255 44 YP' is ill! Senator 5-'om Mississippi, John C. Stennis, Chairman, Armed Services Committee, delivers the principal address at the launching ceremony for the nuclear powered Guided Missile Cruiser, USS MISSISSIPPI, CGN-40, at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. of Naval Reactors, - Admiral Hyman C. Rickover, DITBCIOT, Division cks durihg The , - ' gpe Energy Research Gnd Development Administration' launching ceremony.

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I , K The mission of uss MISSISSIPPI is to operate offensively in fbi presence of air, surface, or subsurface threats independently or wit nuclear powered or conventional strike forces, and to provide protection uss MISSISSIPPI icon-405 is the third Ship in 0 new Class of Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Cruisers, the VIRGINIA class. The nuclear propulsion plum provides MISSISSIPPI with high speed endurance which is vital to our Navy's nuclear powered task force concept. The first nuclear reactors installed contain sufficient fuel for about ten Years of 0P9 0iI0 l- to these forces and other naval forces or convoys against air, surface, or subsurface threats. She is the eighth nuclear powered cruiser to be built for the Navy. si To accomplish her designed mission, MISSISSIPPI is equipped with a fully integrated Combat System combining four elements: target de- , Y. d.. . ec ion, igital data processing, command and control, and weapons control. Weapons delivery is accomplished with two multi-purpose dual arm guided missile launching systems with ASROC iAnti-Submarine Rocketsl capability, two 5 f54 calibre lightweight gun mounts, two three barrel torpedo launchers, and a LAMPS iLight Airborne Multi- Purpose Systeml helicopter. Keeping MISSISSIPPI in the h' h ig est state of operational readiness is the iob of the 37 officers and 500 enlisted men who comprise her crew. It is these men who will write the history of this latest ship to b ear the name MISSISSIPPI. ,.,- ' ,