HI -- Pearl Harbor -- Battleship Missouri Memorial:
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- MO_041027_093.JPG: The Missouri's main guns are three 16-inch/.50-caliber gun turrets. Each round fired weighs either 1,900 or 2,700 pounds. Using six 110 pound bags for each shell, the guns had a range of 23 miles and could penetrate 32 feet of reinforced concrete. These were the most powerful guns ever mounted on a U.S. warship. The turrets are protected in the front by 17 inches of armor, each side by 9-1/2 inches, the sides by 12 inches, and the tops by 7-1/4 inches. Ignoring the projectiles, each turret weighed 1,700 long tons.
- MO_041027_145.JPG: The surrender ceremony was quick. The Japanese signed it at 0904, General Douglas MacArthur, commanding all Allied powers, signed it at 0908, and Chester Nimitz, commanding the United States forces, signed it at 0912. The representatives from the other Allied powers then signed and it was over.
MacArthur was accompanied by Jonathan Wainwright, the commanding general at the fall of Corregidor in 1942 and by Lt General Arthur Percival, the commanding general at the fall of Singapore in the same year. Nimitz was accompanied by Admiral William Halsey, commander of the US Third Fleet and by Rear Admiral Forrest Sherman, deputy chief of staff to Admiral Nimitz.
- MO_041027_160.JPG: "Over this spot on 2 September 1945, the instrument of formal surrender of Japan to the Allied powers was signed, thus bringing to a close the Second World War. The ship at that time was at anchor in Tokyo Bay."
- MO_041027_395.JPG: Note the girl with her dad
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- Wikipedia Description: USS Missouri (BB-63)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently 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 of the surrender of the Empire of Japan, which ended World War II. She has been called the most historic battleship in the world.
After World War II, Missouri served in various diplomatic, show of force and training missions. On 17 January 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").
Missouri was reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan. Cruise missile and anti-ship missile launchers were added along with updated electronics. The ship served in the Persian Gulf escorting oil tankers during threats from Iran, often while keeping her fire-control systems trained on land-based Iranian missile launchers. She served in Operation Desert Storm in 1991 including providing fire support.
Missouri was again decommissioned in 1992, but remained on the Naval Vessel Register until her name was struck in 1995. In 1998, she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum ship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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