Original 1947 AP Wire Photo showing the battleship USS Mississippi undergoing extensive reconstruction and modernization in a shipyard. The reverse caption states the Navy described the vessel as a 45,000-ton Iowa-class battleship design and noted it would become a new-type craft for firing rockets after completion. This photograph comes from the archive of a newspaper near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mounted on black paper as found. Overall size is approximately 7½ x 10½ inches. Shows handling wear, mounting remnants, and age-related toning consistent with use in a newspaper archive. Please see photos.
