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Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Missouri in honor of the state of Missouri:

  • USS Missouri (1841), a sidewheel frigate launched in 1841 and destroyed by fire in August 1843
  • USS Missouri (BB-11), a Maine-class battleship in service from 1900 to 1922.
  • USS Missouri (BB-63), an Iowa-class battleship in service (variably) from 1944 to 1992; site of the official Japanese surrender of World War II; now a floating war memorial at Naval Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
  • USS Missouri (SSN-780), a Virginia-class submarine commissioned in 2010

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USS Missouri

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named USS Missouri in honor of the state of Missouri: USS Missouri (1841), a sidewheel frigate launched in 1841 and destroyed by fire in August 1843 USS Missouri (BB-11)...

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USS Arizona Memorial

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The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on USS Arizona...

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Naval Station Pearl Harbor

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USS Hawaii (SSN-776) USS North Carolina (SSN-777) USS Missouri (SSN-780) USS Mississippi (SSN-782) USS Minnesota (SSN-783) USS Illinois (SSN-786) USS Vermont (SSN-792)...

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Victory over Japan Day

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On 2 September 1945, formal surrender occurred aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. In Japan, 15 August usually is known as the "memorial day...

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1950 USS Missouri grounding

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The USS Missouri grounding occurred 17 January 1950 when the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) ran aground while sailing out of Chesapeake Bay. No one was...

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Japanese Instrument of Surrender

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and the Dominion of New Zealand. The signing took place on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. The date is sometimes known as Victory...

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If I Could Turn Back Time

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Time", directed by Marty Callner, was shot on board of the battleship USS Missouri and portrays Cher performing for the ship's crew, wearing a leather thong...

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Sister ship

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separately altered. For instance, the U.S. warships USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, and USS Wisconsin are all sister ships, each being an Iowa-class...

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List of battleships of the United States Navy

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Deck Speed: 33 knots Ships in class: 6: USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, USS Wisconsin, USS Illinois, and USS Kentucky Commissioned: Four commissioned;...

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Battleship

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the Japanese Empire took place aboard a United States Navy battleship, USS Missouri. Between those two events, it had become clear that aircraft carriers...

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Surrender of Japan

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ceremony was held on 2 September, aboard the United States Navy battleship USS Missouri, at which officials from the Japanese government signed the Japanese...

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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

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and their family members only. The USS Missouri Memorial. The surrender of the Japanese on the deck of USS Missouri brought the end of World War II. The...

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Under Siege

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Siege 2: Dark Territory, which was not as well received. The battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) arrives at Pearl Harbor, where then-President George H. W. Bush...

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Casey Ryback

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SEAL Team Four until losing security clearance, demoted to cook aboard USS Missouri. He struck his CO (Commanding Officer) after his SEAL teammates were...

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Museum ship

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callsign NJVT and is now on the air as NJ6VT. In other cases, such as USS Missouri, a distinctive call (in this case KH6BB) is used. This radio work not...

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United States Pacific Fleet

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Bidwell) USS Trenton USS Richmond USS Concord § Cruiser Division 9 (Rear Admiral Herbert F. Leary) USS Honolulu § USS Boise USS Phoenix USS St. Louis USS Helena...

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Pearl Harbor National Memorial

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Visitors may take a ferry to the Arizona memorial. Nearby are the USS Missouri memorial, USS Bowfin museum, and Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, which are designated...

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Yamato Museum

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August 22, 2016. "Battleship Missouri Memorial And Japan's Kure Maritime Museum Establish Sister Museum Agreement - USS Missouri". ussmissouri.org. Retrieved...

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List of Allied ships at the Japanese surrender

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USS LSM-71 USS LSM-101 USS LSM-208 USS LSM-252 USS LSM-284 USS LSM-290 USS LSM-362 USS LSM-368 USS LSM-371 USS LSM-419 USS LSM-488 USS LSM-180 ? USS Monitor (LSV-5)...

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