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USS Missouri
Sign in to saveAlso known as BB-63, Missouri, Mighty Mo, Big Mo
1944 Iowa-class battleship
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Within Vinony's link graph, USS Missouri is referenced by 696 other articles, and connects out to displacement, Ford Island and Gulf War.
The entry is geolocated on the map in HI, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1944 ships, Battleship museums in the United States and Cold War battleships of the United States.
Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Namesake
- State of Missouri
- Ordered
- 12 June 1940
- Builder
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 6 January 1941
- Launched
- 29 January 1944
- Sponsored by
- Margaret Truman
- Commissioned
- 11 June 1944
- Decommissioned
- 26 February 1955
- Identification
- Callsign : NCBL Hull number : BB-63
- Recommissioned
- 10 May 1986
- Stricken
- 12 January 1995
- Motto
- Strength for Freedom
- Nickname s
- "Mighty Mo", "Muddy Mo"
- Status
- Museum ship in Pearl Harbor
- Class type
- Iowa -class battleship
- Displacement
- 57,540 long tons (58,460 t ) ( full load )
- Length
- 887 ft 3 in (270.4 m) ( o/a )
- Beam
- 108 ft 2 in (33 m)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Missouri
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Honolulu County
- Body of water
- Pearl Harbor
- Operator
- United States Navy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Manufacturer
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- USS Missouri from bow.jpg
- Width
- 33
- Speed
- 33
- Motto
- Strength for Freedom
- Has use
- museum ship
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- Commons category
- USS Missouri (BB-63)
- vessel class
- Iowa-class battleship
- Commons gallery
- USS Missouri (BB-63)
- shipping port
- Pearl Harbor
- native label
- USS Missouri (BB-63)
- pennant number
- BB-63
- sponsor
- Margaret Truman
- located in/on physical feature
- Oahu
- draft
- 8.8
- different from
- USS Missouri
- nickname
- Big Mo
- name
- USS Missouri
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Encyclopedic overview
USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is now a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States. The ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands. Her quarterdeck was the site where the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed, officially ending World War II.
After World War II, Missouri served in various diplomatic, show of force and training missions. In 1950, the ship ran aground during high tide in Chesapeake Bay and after great effort was re-floated several weeks later. She later fought in the Korean War during two tours between 1950 and 1953. Missouri was the first American battleship to arrive in Korean waters and served as the flagship for several admirals. The battleship took part in numerous shore bombardment operations and also served in a screening role for aircraft carriers. Missouri was decommissioned in 1955 and transferred to the reserve fleet (also known as the "Mothball Fleet").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “USS Missouri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (12)
On the map
2 mapped locations