Mighty Mo
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Mighty Mo is the famous nickname of the USS Missouri, a U.S. Navy battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mighty Mo canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iowa-class battleship
ⓘ
United States Navy battleship ⓘ nickname ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Big Mo ⓘ |
| armament |
UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles
ⓘ
surface form:
Harpoon anti-ship missiles (after 1980s modernization)
Tomahawk cruise missile ⓘ
surface form:
Tomahawk cruise missiles (after 1980s modernization)
nine 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns ⓘ twenty 5-inch/38 caliber guns ⓘ various anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| beam |
108 feet
ⓘ
32.9 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Brooklyn Navy Yard ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1944-06-11 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement |
approximately 1,900 in World War II
ⓘ
over 1,500 after 1980s modernization ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1955-02-26 ⓘ |
| designation | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| displacement |
about 45,000 tons standard
ⓘ
about 58,000 tons full load ⓘ |
| featuredIn | film Battleship (2012) ⓘ |
| finalDecommissionedOn | 1992-03-31 ⓘ |
| homeport |
Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII)
ⓘ
surface form:
Pearl Harbor (during parts of service)
|
| hullNumber | BB-63 ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1941-01-06 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1944-01-29 ⓘ |
| length |
270.4 meters
ⓘ
887 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 33 knots ⓘ |
| modernization | extensively modernized in the 1980s ⓘ |
| modernizationProgram | 600-ship Navy program under President Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| museumLocation |
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
|
| museumOpened | 1999 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
United States state of Missouri
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. state of Missouri
|
| notableEvent | site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II ⓘ |
| onNationalRegister | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| recommissionedOn | 1986-05-10 ⓘ |
| refersTo | USS Missouri ⓘ |
| servedInConflict |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| status | museum ship ⓘ |
| surrenderCeremonyDate | 1945-09-02 ⓘ |
| surrenderCeremonyLocation | Tokyo Bay ⓘ |
| surrenderCeremonySignificance | formal end of World War II ⓘ |
| symbolism | symbol of the end of World War II in the Pacific ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | major visitor attraction at Pearl Harbor historic sites ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.