Talk:USS Mississippi (1841)

Perry and Japan
"Commodore Perry proceeded, in one of the most difficult, skillful, and significant naval/diplomatic missions ever recorded, to negotiate a trade treaty with the Japanese, hitherto absolutely opposed to opening their country to Western trade and influence."

I am not sure this is entirely accurate; it was a treaty negotiated with the Japanese looking down the barrels of quite a few guns. I would like to see a citation for this. Cripipper 13:50, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Same problem with the sentence. It was an act of war, an aggression, not a diplomatic affair. You don't send 4 military ships, you don't use the threat of your firearms for a diplomatic mission. Add to this that it was not a negotiation, as Perry stated immediately that discussions would be made on his own terms only !

Moreover, the Japanese were not "absolutely opposed" to the opening of the country. There was actually a growing discontent among the japanese population about the seclusion of the country, a mood that was mainly crushed by the american aggression. It would be good to have a more critical, les partisan view of this section.

25 April 2012

What is Mississippi's slogan?

— In the section Perry and Japan, the first paragraph about the Mississippi service in the Mediterranean it appears that the ship was refloated (26 August 1851) before it ran aground (28 August 1851) off Smyrna. The next sentence regarding the Perry Japan mission may be more appropriate in a new paragraph. Digitalflack (talk) 15:46, 28 February 2019 (UTC)