The USS MISSOURI Length, 887' 3" x 108'2" x 28'11" Speed 33 knots. Displacement; 45,000. Complement; 1,921. Photo courtesy of the Battleship MISSOURI Memorial. For more of her active duty, the website is HERE. |
1944: 29 January, she was christened at launch by Margaret Truman.
11 June, the ship was commissioned as the USS MISSOURI.
1945: 2 September. Japan formally surrendered to the Allied Powers aboard the MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay, ending WW II.
1953: 26 March. After completing his final mission, Cap. Edsall dies of a heart attack while entering port at Sasebo, Japan.
1955: 26 February. The MISSOURI was decommissioned and placed in mothballs at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, WA.
1971: The USS MISSOURI was named to the National Register of Historic Places.
1986: The MISSOURI was re-commissioned and underway in September for a historic around the world cruise.
1992: The ship was decommissioned for the second and final time.
1995: The MISSOURI was removed from the Navy's Ship Registry.
1998: The MISSOURI arrives off Waikiki as a donation to the USS MISSOURI Memorial Association (a Non-Profit.)
1999: 29 January. The battleship opens to the public on Battleship Row, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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