BB-63

E75654

Iowa-class battleship hull number

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.

Aliases (2)

USS Missouri ×45
Japan’s formal surrender in World War II ×2

Statements (49)

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 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
USS Missouri → USS Missouri → USS Missouri →	hullNumber
USS Missouri → USS Missouri →	pennantNumber
USS Missouri →	NavyHullClassificationSymbol