The careers of Standard-type battleships typically follow the same pattern. Quiet interwar training, followed by Pearl Harbor. Defined by either being there, or not being there. At which point it comes back together, into 'hating islands out of existence' across the Pacific.

Before being retired at the end of the Pacific War.

USS Mississippi bucks this trend. While her wartime service followed the pattern, this ship would remain in secondary service until the late 1950s. And in the process, she would become the first 'missile battleship', if only in a test role.

Her story is an interesting one, I think.

Further Reading:
https://www.history.navy.mil/research...
https://web.archive.org/web/201612021...
https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Surigao...
https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Leyte-G...
https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Battleship...
https://www.amazon.com/Battleships-Un...