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| USS Mississippi fitting out at William Cramp and Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1907 | USS Mississippi (foreground) and USS Idaho (background) fitting out at William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1907-1908 |
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| USS Mississippi shortly after completion, 1908 | View of American battleship Mississippi's afterdeck, 1908; she was to become Greek battleship Kilkis |
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| View of American battleship Mississippi's foredeck, looking aft, 1908; she was to become Greek battleship Kilkis | USS Mississippi, probably on the Hudson River off New York, New York, United States, 3 Oct 1911 |
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| Greek battleship Kilkis or Lemnos in a US port, date unknown | Greek battleship Kilkis (center) and destroyer Vasilefs Georgios (left, in floating drydock) under attack by German Ju 87 dive bombers, Salamis Naval Base, Greece, 23 Apr 1941 |
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| Sunken battleship Kilkis at the Salamis Naval Base, Greece, late Apr 1941; note bomb-damaged pier; photographed from a German He 60 seaplane after the Germans had secured the naval base | Sunken Kilkis (foreground) and beached Lemnos (background), Salamis, Greece, circa late Apr 1941 |
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