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Lemnos or Limnos was the English-language name of Θ/Κ Λήμνος, a 13,000 ton Mississippi-class battleship originally built by the United States Navy in 1904–1908. As USS Idaho (BB-24), she was purchased by the Greek Navy in 1914 and renamed Lemnos, along with her sister Mississippi, renamed Kilkis.
Both ships continued to see service in the Greek fleet until the early 1930s, with Kilkis serving as the flagship of the fleet. [10] In 1932, Lemnos was disarmed and used as a barracks ship, and Kilkis was reduced to a training ship. [3] Lemnos was used as a barracks ship after 1937, [11] and Kilkis became a floating battery at Salamis Naval ...
Three ships of the Hellenic Navy have borne the name Lemnos or Limnos (Greek: Λήμνος), named after the island of Lemnos and the First Balkan War Battle of Lemnos: Greek battleship Lemnos (1914–1932), a Mississippi-class pre-dreadnought battleship; Greek landing ship Lemnos (L158) (1943–1977), an LST1-class landing ship
Lemnos (1914–1932) – The ex-USS Idaho (BB-24) was in Greek service named after the Naval Battle of Lemnos, hulk sunk by German aircraft in 1941 [2] Salamis (1914) Taken over by Germany 1914, not completed – BU 1923; Vasilefs Konstantinos A Bretagne-class battleship ordered in 1913 but not completed due to the outbreak of World War I ...
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