 Two days later, "Mississippi" and "Idaho" were taken to Newport News and were decommissioned and transferred to the Greek Navy on 21 July.Renamed "Kilkis" and "Lemnos", respectively, they quickly left the United States after their transfer due to the rising tensions in Europe following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria the previous month.After arriving in Greece, "Kilkis" became the flagship of the Greek fleet.