Battleship Missouri Memorial

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World War II memorial museum ship naval memorial

The Battleship Missouri Memorial is a historic museum ship in Hawaii, best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, now preserved as a major naval and World War II memorial.

Aliases (2)

USS Missouri Memorial ×1
USS Missouri Memorial Association ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II memorial → museum ship → naval memorial →
armament	nine 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns → twenty 5-inch/38 caliber guns →
basedOn	USS Missouri (BB-63) →
beam	33 meters →
builder	Brooklyn Navy Yard →
commissioned	1944-06-11 →
country	United States →
decommissioned	1992-03-31 →
dedicatedTo	United States Navy personnel → service members of World War II →
displacement	about 58000 long tons (full load) →
hasExhibit	crew living quarters → engine rooms → surrender deck → weapons systems →
hasTheme	World War II in the Pacific → end of World War II → naval history →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark →
launched	1944-01-29 →
length	270.4 meters →
locatedIn	Ford Island → Hawaii → Honolulu → Oahu → Pearl Harbor →
nearbyAttraction	Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum → USS Arizona Memorial →
notableEvent	Japanese Instrument of Surrender signing →
notableEventDate	1945-09-02 →
notableEventLocation	Tokyo Bay →
openingDate	1999-01-29 →
openToPublic	true →
operator	USS Missouri Memorial Association →
partOf	Pearl Harbor Historic Sites →
propulsion	steam turbines →
servedInConflict	Gulf War → Korean War → World War II →
shipClass	Iowa-class battleship →
shipCommissionedAs	USS Missouri (BB-63) →
tourType	guided tours → self-guided tours →
website	https://ussmissouri.org/ →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum → Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum → USS Arizona Memorial →	near
Pearl Harbor →	contains
Oahu ("USS Missouri Memorial") →	hasLandmark
Ford Island →	hasNearbySite
Battleship Missouri Memorial ("USS Missouri Memorial Association") →	operator