BB-63

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BB-63 is the hull number of USS Missouri, a famous Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iowa-class battleship
hull number
armament 20 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns
9 × 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns
awarded Battle stars for Korean War
Battle stars for World War II
Combat Action Ribbon (Gulf War era)
beam about 108 feet
builder Brooklyn Navy Yard
category Cold War warship
World War II warship
museum ship in Hawaii
class Iowa-class
commissionedOn 1944-06-11
conflictParticipated Gulf War
Korean War
World War II
country United States
crewComplement about 1,500 (Cold War)
about 1,900 (World War II)
decommissionedOn 1955-02-26
displacement about 45,000 long tons (standard)
about 58,000 long tons (full load)
finalDecommissioningDate 1992-03-31
homeportDuringService various U.S. Navy bases
hullNumber BB-63
identifierFor USS Missouri
laidDownOn 1941-01-06
launchedOn 1944-01-29
length about 887 feet
location USS Missouri
locationDuringEvent Tokyo Bay
maximumSpeed about 33 knots
modernization 1980s reactivation and modernization
mooredNear USS Arizona Memorial
museumLocation Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
namedAfter U.S. state of Missouri
NavyHullClassificationSymbol BB-63
notableEvent site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II
operator United States Navy
pennantNumber BB-63
propulsion steam turbines
recommissionedOn 1986-05-10
sisterShip USS Iowa (BB-61)
USS New Jersey (BB-62)
USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
status museum ship
tookPlaceOn 1945-09-02
UNESCOMemoryOfTheWorldRelated Instrument of Surrender of Japan


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