Photo #: NH 54430
Greek battleship Kilkis
Sunk at the Greek naval base at Salamis, after she was hit by
German air attacks on 23 April 1941. Photographed from a German
Heinkel HE 60 seaplane after the base was occupied by the German
Army.
Note bomb damage to the nearby pier.
Kilkis was the former USS Mississippi (Battleship
# 23).
Photograph and some caption information were provided by Franz
Selinger.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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