What type of vessel was USS Mississippi, the flagship of Perry's fleet?
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The USS Mississippi was a steamship, a type of vessel that uses steam power for propulsion. It served as the flagship of Commodore Matthew Perry's fleet during his 1853 expedition to Japan, which was pivotal in opening up Japan to trade with the West and marked the beginning of the end of Japan's isolationist policy.
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