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Drydock Company</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>22 February 1975</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>31 July 1976</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td>Janet Finch</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>14 July 1978</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>5 August 1978</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>28 July 1997</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>28 July 1997</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Maritime_call_sign" title="Maritime call 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style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td><a href="/wiki/Ship-Submarine_Recycling_Program" title="Ship-Submarine Recycling Program">Recycling</a> completed</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Badge</td><td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Mississippi_(CGN-40)_insignia,_in_1978_(1396893735584).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_insignia%2C_in_1978_%281396893735584%29.png/200px-USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_insignia%2C_in_1978_%281396893735584%29.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_insignia%2C_in_1978_%281396893735584%29.png/300px-USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_insignia%2C_in_1978_%281396893735584%29.png 1.5x, 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style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>31.5 ft (9.6 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>Twin D2G General Electric nuclear reactors</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>30+ knots</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>Nuclear</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>39 Officers, 539 Enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sensors and <br /> processing systems</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/AN/SPS-48" title="AN/SPS-48">AN/SPS-48</a> 3-D Air search radar</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/AN/SPS-49" title="AN/SPS-49">AN/SPS-49</a> 2-D Air search radar</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/AN/SPS-55" title="AN/SPS-55">AN/SPS-55</a> surface search radar</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/AN/SPQ-9" title="AN/SPQ-9">AN/SPQ-9</a> gun fire control radar</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/AN/SPG-51" title="AN/SPG-51">AN/SPG-51</a> Missile fire control radar</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Electronic warfare <br /> & decoys</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/AN/SLQ-32" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/SLQ-32">AN/SLQ-32</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Mark_36_SRBOC" title="Mark 36 SRBOC">Mark 36 SRBOC</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">-Two Mk-26 dual-arm missile launchers for <a href="/wiki/RIM-66_Standard" title="RIM-66 Standard">Standard missile</a> (SAMs) and/or "matchbox" <a href="/wiki/ASROC" class="mw-redirect" title="ASROC">ASROC</a> anti-submarine rockets (68 missiles)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">-Two Mk-141 <a href="/wiki/Harpoon_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Harpoon missile">Harpoon missile</a> launchers</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">-Two armored ASM/LAM launchers for <a href="/wiki/Tomahawk_(missile_family)" title="Tomahawk (missile family)">Tomahawk missile</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">-Two triple-tube <a href="/wiki/Mk_46_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="Mk 46 torpedo">Mk 46 torpedo</a> launchers</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">-Two <a href="/wiki/5%22/54_caliber_Mark_45_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun">Mk-45</a> (5 inch/54 caliber) lightweight guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">-Two <a href="/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS" title="Phalanx CIWS">Phalanx CIWS</a> (20 mm) anti-missile systems</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">-Four machine guns</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>As built: Helicopter pad (<a href="/wiki/Afterdeck" title="Afterdeck">Afterdeck</a>) with hangar / elevator – until later retrofit to Tomahawk launchers.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Mississippi</i> (CGN-40)</b>, a <a href="/wiki/Virginia-class_cruiser" title="Virginia-class cruiser"><i>Virginia</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_propulsion" title="Nuclear propulsion">nuclear</a>-powered guided-missile <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a>, was the fourth ship of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> named in honor of <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">the 20th state</a> admitted to <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">the Union</a>. Her keel was laid down by the <a href="/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding_and_Drydock_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company">Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company</a> at <a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News, Virginia</a>, on 22 February 1975. She was launched on 31 July 1976. The ship was commissioned on 5 August 1978 by <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a>, then serving as the 39th president of the United States. Early deployment included escorting the carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Nimitz" title="USS Nimitz">USS <i>Nimitz</i> (CVN-68)</a>. She also was deployed in 1989 as a response to the capture and subsequent murder of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> Colonel <a href="/wiki/William_R._Higgins" title="William R. Higgins">William R. Higgins</a> by terrorists.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ship_history">Ship history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Mississippi_(CGN-40)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ship history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Launch_of_USS_Mississippi_(CGN-40)_at_Newport_News_on_31_July_1976.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Launch_of_USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_at_Newport_News_on_31_July_1976.jpg/220px-Launch_of_USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_at_Newport_News_on_31_July_1976.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Launch_of_USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_at_Newport_News_on_31_July_1976.jpg/330px-Launch_of_USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_at_Newport_News_on_31_July_1976.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Launch_of_USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_at_Newport_News_on_31_July_1976.jpg/440px-Launch_of_USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_at_Newport_News_on_31_July_1976.jpg 2x" data-file-width="884" data-file-height="516" /></a><figcaption><i>Mississippi</i> is launched from Newport News in July 1976</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Mississippi_(CGN-40)_at_sea_in_1978.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_at_sea_in_1978.jpg/220px-USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_at_sea_in_1978.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_at_sea_in_1978.jpg/330px-USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_at_sea_in_1978.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_at_sea_in_1978.jpg/440px-USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_at_sea_in_1978.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4797" data-file-height="3589" /></a><figcaption><i>Mississippi</i> working up in the Atlantic in 1978, shortly after her commissioning</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Mississippi</i> (DLGN 40) was laid down on 22 February 1975 at Newport News, Virginia, by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.; reclassified as a guided missile cruiser and designated CGN 40 on 30 June 1975; launched on 31 July 1976; sponsored by Miss. Janet H. Finch, daughter of Governor <a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Finch" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles C. Finch">Charles C. Finch</a> of Mississippi; and, in ceremonies attended by President James E. [Jimmy] Carter, Jr., Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Harold_Brown_(Secretary_of_Defense)" title="Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)">Harold Brown</a>, and Senator <a href="/wiki/John_C._Stennis" title="John C. Stennis">John C. Stennis</a> of Mississippi, was commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, on 5 August 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Mississippi</i> conducted her shakedown cruise to Caribbean and South American waters (8 January–13 February 1979), then made her first deployment—to the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean – (3 August 1981 – 12 February 1982) during a confrontation between the United States and Libya. She operated as part of the screen for aircraft carriers <a href="/wiki/USS_Nimitz" title="USS Nimitz"><i>Nimitz</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Forrestal" title="USS Forrestal"><i>Forrestal</i></a> during the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_(1981)" title="Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)">Gulf of Sidra incident</a>. <i>Mississippi</i> fired three <a href="/wiki/RIM-66_Standard" title="RIM-66 Standard">RIM-66B Standard</a> SM-1 surface-to-air missiles during a live-fire exercise.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While <i>Mississippi</i> steamed with <i>Nimitz</i> and guided missile cruiser <a href="/wiki/USS_Arkansas_(CGN-41)" title="USS Arkansas (CGN-41)"><i>Arkansas</i></a> off the coast of Lebanon, she received a distress call from Greek cargo vessel <i>Andalusia</i>, at 00:30 on 3 December 1982). Crew 11, a <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-3_Orion" title="Lockheed P-3 Orion">Lockheed P-3C Orion</a> from <a href="/wiki/VP-49" title="VP-49">VP-49</a>, vectored <i>Mississippi</i> to <i>Andalusia</i> and the cruiser rescued all 19 crewmembers. Two <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-3_Sea_King" title="Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King">Sikorsky Sea Kings</a> from <a href="/wiki/Helicopter_Anti-Submarine_Squadron_9" title="Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 9">HS-9</a> operating from <i>Nimitz</i> transferred survivors from <i>Mississippi</i> to the carrier. <i>Mississippi'</i>s chief engineer and damage control assistant inspected <i>Andalusia</i> but determined that her damage precluded salvage, and the ship sank at 08:24, 1,200 yards off the port bow of the cruiser in 195 fathoms (36°1'N, 12°19'2"E).<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 August 1989 Arab terrorists in Beirut, Lebanon, kidnapped and hanged Lt. Col. <a href="/wiki/William_R._Higgins" title="William R. Higgins">William R. Higgins</a>, USMC, a member of the UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon, and threatened to murder additional hostages they held. The carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_America_(CV-66)" title="USS America (CV-66)"><i>America</i></a> departed early from a visit to Singapore and made for the Arabian Sea, and <a href="/wiki/USS_Coral_Sea_(CV-43)" title="USS Coral Sea (CV-43)"><i>Coral Sea</i></a> steamed from Alexandria, Egypt, to the Eastern Mediterranean as a show of force. <i>Mississippi</i> had deployed as part of the Sixth Fleet's Med 3–89 Battle Force and was visiting Haifa, Israel, when the crisis began. She emergency sortied and operated as the battle group's Composite Warfare Coordinator for anti-surface warfare off the Lebanese littoral throughout the remainder of the month. <a href="/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)" title="USS Midway (CV-41)"><i>Midway</i></a> had originally been scheduled to participate in Pacific Exercise-89, but sailed to fill a carrier commitment in the Indian Ocean, where she operated until mid-October.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Mississippi_(CGN-40)_port_bow_entering_port.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_port_bow_entering_port.jpg/220px-USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_port_bow_entering_port.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_port_bow_entering_port.jpg/330px-USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_port_bow_entering_port.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_port_bow_entering_port.jpg/440px-USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_port_bow_entering_port.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2850" data-file-height="1891" /></a><figcaption><i>Mississippi</i> returns to Norfolk in November 1989 at the end of a six-month cruise to the Mediterranean</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Mississippi</i> deployed with the <a href="/wiki/USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)" title="USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)"><i>John F. Kennedy</i></a> Battle Group to the Mediterranean for <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Operations Desert Shield/Storm</a> (16 August 1990 – 28 March 1991). She escorted the carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_(CVN-71)" title="USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)"><i>Theodore Roosevelt</i></a>, which broke with her conventionally fueled battle group upon exiting the Suez Canal. These two ships travelled at flank speed the length of the Red Sea and through the <a href="/wiki/Bab-el-Mandeb" title="Bab-el-Mandeb">Bab-el-Mandeb</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden">Gulf of Aden</a> arriving on (15 January). The importance of that day and break-neck speed to arrive on it was due to uncertainty about Yemen's position on the war, getting the carrier beyond shore batteries and short range patrol boats in the narrow straights was a priority before hostilities could commence on (16 January). <i>Mississippi</i> then waited off the coast of Yemen to escort the engine room troubled <a href="/wiki/USS_Nitro_(AE-23)" title="USS Nitro (AE-23)"><i>Nitro</i></a> through the Bab-el-Mandeb (18 January) and out beyond the Gulf of Aden. As an ammunition ship, <i>Nitro</i> was needed for battleship shore battery and amphibious landing support. Once escort duty was complete <i>Mississippi</i> made flank speed to her launch position in the northern Red Sea. <i>Mississippi</i> fired three <a href="/wiki/BGM-109_Tomahawk" class="mw-redirect" title="BGM-109 Tomahawk">BGM-109 Tomahawk</a> Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) at Iraqi strategic and military targets (25 January 1991) and two more the following day. One Tomahawk failed after launch and landed in the sea after a short erratic flight. The ship then operated as the local anti-air warfare screen commander for the Red Sea Battle Force (27 January – 24 February).<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the Haitian Army's overthrow of President <a href="/wiki/Jean-Bertrand_Aristide" title="Jean-Bertrand Aristide">Jean-Bertrand Aristide</a> (September 1991), a succession of governments led to sectarian violence. The UN authorized force to restore order and the U.S. initiated <a href="/wiki/Operation_Uphold_Democracy" title="Operation Uphold Democracy">Operations Support Democracy and Uphold/Restore Democracy—Uphold Democracy</a> for a peaceful entry into Haiti, and "Restore Democracy" in the event of resistance. <i>Mississippi</i> enforced the embargoes imposed upon Haiti as part of "Support Democracy" (14 July – 3 August). The deteriorating situation then (12 September 1994) prompted the dispatch of a multinational force that included the carriers <i>America</i> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="USS Dwight D. Eisenhower"><i>Dwight D. Eisenhower</i></a>—about 1,800 soldiers of the Army's <a href="/wiki/XVIII_Airborne_Corps" title="XVIII Airborne Corps">XVIII Airborne Corps</a> embarked on board <i>Dwight D. Eisenhower</i>. The Haitians agreed to allow the Americans to land peacefully, and (31 March 1995) the U.S. transferred peacekeeping functions to international forces. The crisis marked the first deployment operationally of Army helicopters on board a carrier in lieu of most of an air wing.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NATO and the UN carried out Operations: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Provide_Promise" title="Operation Provide Promise">Provide Promise</a> to provide humanitarian relief for people displaced by the fighting in former Yugoslavia (2 July 1992 – 9 January 1996); <a href="/wiki/Operation_Deny_Flight" title="Operation Deny Flight">Deny Flight</a> to monitor the air space over Bosnia-Herzegovina to prevent the warring parties from using their air strength (12 April 1993 – 21 December 1995); and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Sharp_Guard" title="Operation Sharp Guard">Sharp Guard</a> to enforce the arms embargo against the combatants (15 June 1993 – 2 October 1996). <i>Mississippi</i> served as Red Crown—coordinating air operations—in the Maverick Operating Area in the Adriatic Sea (2–18 April, 14–21 May, 11–21 June, 30 June – 9 July, 22–27 July, and 22 August–6 September 1995). In addition, the cruiser intercepted Polish vessel <i>Dajti</i>, and her boarding team boarded and inspected the Eastern European ship as a possible smuggler (7 April).<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two Cuban <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29" title="Mikoyan MiG-29">Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-29UB Fulcrums</a> shot down two <a href="/wiki/Cessna_Skymaster" title="Cessna Skymaster">Cessna 337 Skymasters</a> flown by the "Brothers to the Rescue," a non-profit organization opposed to the Cuban government of <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a>, over contested international waters (24 February 1996). <i>Mississippi</i> led a surface action group that included guided missile cruiser <a href="/wiki/USS_Ticonderoga_(CG-47)" title="USS Ticonderoga (CG-47)"><i>Ticonderoga</i></a> and guided missile frigate <a href="/wiki/USS_John_L._Hall" title="USS John L. Hall"><i>John L. Hall</i></a> during Operations Sentinel Lifeguard, Standoff IV, and Escort 1–96 in the Straits of Florida in response to the Cubans' downing the Skymasters (25–28 February and 1–7 March). In addition, the group escorted a civilian flotilla that laid a wreath on the water where the victims fell.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decommissioning">Decommissioning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Mississippi_(CGN-40)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Decommissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1995 it was determined her nuclear reactors would need to be refueled, but cuts in the Navy budget ruled out the refueling overhaul the ship would need to continue in service. After serving just 18 years in commissioned service, USS <i>Mississippi</i> (CGN-40) was deactivated on 6 September 1996 at Norfolk and was decommissioned and struck from the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Vessel_Register" title="Naval Vessel Register">Naval Vessel Register</a> on 28 July 1997. The ship was prepared and then towed from Norfolk, Virginia, to Bremerton, Washington, via the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> from March 1998 to May 1998. The <a href="/wiki/Military_Sealift_Command" title="Military Sealift Command">MSC</a> fleet tug <a href="/wiki/USNS_Mohawk" title="USNS Mohawk">USNS <i>Mohawk</i></a> executed the initial tow until the decommissioned cruiser was moored at Rodman Naval Station, <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>. The Pacific tow was completed by <a href="/wiki/USNS_Navajo_(T-ATF-169)" title="USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169)">USNS <i>Navajo</i></a> to the Naval Sea Systems Command Inactive Ships Onsite Maintenance Office, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington.<sup id="cite_ref-tow_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tow-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>CGN-40 entered the <a href="/wiki/Ship-Submarine_Recycling_Program" title="Ship-Submarine Recycling Program">Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program</a> around October 2004 and recycling was completed 30 November 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, the ship's main mast was installed at the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in <a href="/wiki/Ocean_Springs,_Mississippi" title="Ocean Springs, Mississippi">Ocean Springs, Mississippi</a>.<sup 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Desert Storm."><img alt="A BGM-109 Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile (TLAM) is launched toward a target in Iraq from the port side Mark 143 Armored Box Launcher (ABL) on the stern of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Mississippi (CGN-40) during Operation Desert Storm." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_fires_a_tomahawk_during_Desert_Storm.jpg/79px-USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_fires_a_tomahawk_during_Desert_Storm.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_fires_a_tomahawk_during_Desert_Storm.jpg/119px-USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_fires_a_tomahawk_during_Desert_Storm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_fires_a_tomahawk_during_Desert_Storm.jpg/159px-USS_Mississippi_%28CGN-40%29_fires_a_tomahawk_during_Desert_Storm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1878" data-file-height="2830" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A BGM-109 Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile (TLAM) is launched toward a target in Iraq from the port side Mark 143 Armored Box Launcher (ABL) on the stern of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS <i>Mississippi</i> (CGN-40) during Operation Desert Storm.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CGN-40-2.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Topside stripped off"><img alt="Topside stripped off" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/CGN-40-2.jpeg/93px-CGN-40-2.jpeg" decoding="async" width="93" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/CGN-40-2.jpeg/139px-CGN-40-2.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/CGN-40-2.jpeg/186px-CGN-40-2.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="849" data-file-height="1095" /></a></span></div> 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Cruisers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_battlecruiser_Kirov" title="Russian battlecruiser Kirov"><i>Kirov</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_battlecruiser_Admiral_Lazarev" title="Russian battlecruiser Admiral Lazarev"><i>Admiral Lazarev</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_battlecruiser_Admiral_Nakhimov" title="Russian battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov"><i>Admiral Nakhimov</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_battlecruiser_Pyotr_Velikiy" title="Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy"><i>Pyotr Velikiy</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" 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