USS Missouri

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USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
USS Missouri (BB-63) 6
Iowa class 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iowa-class battleship
United States Navy warship
battleship
armament Harpoon anti-ship missiles (modernization era)
Phalanx CIWS (modernization era)
Tomahawk cruise missiles (modernization era)
nine 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns
twenty 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose guns
battleHonors Battle of Iwo Jima
surface form: Iwo Jima operations

Korean War shore bombardment
Okinawa operations
beam 108 feet 2 inches
builder Brooklyn Navy Yard
commissionedDate 1944-06-11
conflictParticipatedIn Gulf War
Korean War
World War II
country United States of America
crewComplement approximately 1,900 in World War II
decommissionedDate 1955-02-26
displacement about 45,000 long tons standard
about 58,000 long tons full load
finalDecommissionedDate 1992-03-31
historicDesignation National Historic Landmark
surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark
homeportDuringWWII U.S. Pacific Fleet
surface form: Pacific Fleet
hullNumber BB-63
laidDownDate 1941-01-06
launchDate 1944-01-29
length 270.4 meters
887 feet
maximumSpeed 33 knots
modernizationPeriod 1980s
modernizationProgram 600-ship Navy program
museumLocation Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
surface form: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
namesake Missouri
surface form: U.S. state of Missouri
nickname Mighty Mo
notableEvent site of the formal Japanese surrender in World War II
notableRole symbol of the end of World War II in the Pacific
operator United States Navy
pennantNumber BB-63
propulsion steam turbines
recommissionedDate 1986-05-10
shipClass USS Missouri self-linksurface differs
surface form: Iowa class
sisterShip USS Iowa
USS New Jersey
USS Wisconsin
status museum ship
surrenderCeremonyDate 1945-09-02
surrenderCeremonyLocation Tokyo Bay

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this entity surface form: USS Missouri (BB-63)
Brooklyn Navy Yard builtShip USS Missouri
this entity surface form: USS Missouri (BB-63)
Battleship filmingLocation USS Missouri
Iowa-class battleship hasPart USS Missouri
this entity surface form: USS Missouri (BB-63)
Tokyo Bay hostedVessel USS Missouri
BB-63 identifierFor USS Missouri
BB-63 location USS Missouri
subject surface form: Japan’s formal surrender in World War II
Lawrence Moore Cosgrave location USS Missouri
Hungnam evacuation notableShip USS Missouri
Iowa-class battleship notableShip USS Missouri
this entity surface form: USS Missouri (BB-63)
Mamoru Shigemitsu place USS Missouri
Mighty Mo refersTo USS Missouri
USS Missouri shipClass USS Missouri self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Iowa class
this entity surface form: USS Missouri (BB-63)
this entity surface form: USS Missouri (BB-63)
USS New Jersey sisterShip USS Missouri
USS Wisconsin sisterShip USS Missouri
Pacific War surrenderSignedOn USS Missouri