HONOLULU – The Battleship Missouri Memorial has unveiled a new plaque onboard the USS Missouri to recognize the state’s efforts to preserve America’s last-commissioned battleship. Visitors ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Missouri, an iconic Iowa-class battleship, played a pivotal role in U.S. naval history, serving in World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War. Notably, Japan's ...

U.S. Marines perform a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and subsequent burial ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Missouri, an Iowa-class battleship, is celebrated as one of the most iconic American warships. Commissioned during WWII, Missouri played crucial roles in WWII, the ...

USS Missouri and the Iowa-class battleships were larger and more lethal than their predecessors. When it comes to legendary American battleships, the USS Missouri (BB-63) perhaps takes the cake as ...

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Carey Callaghan, grandson of the USS Missouri’s Capt. William Callaghan, delivers a keynote address to attendees at a ceremony on Friday honoring the ...

The USS Missouri is the last battleship commissioned by the United States Navy and it served for a long time. We have its full history right here.

May 23, 1998: USS Missouri is towed from Bremerton, months after taking on its final visitors in the city. Jan. 29, 1999: The Battleship Missouri Memorial opens at Pearl Harbor for the first time.

On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the Battle of Okinawa. On April 11, 1945, ...

Notably, on September 2, 1945, the teak deck of the USS Missouri (BB-63) served as the historic platform for the formal end of WWII, witnessing Japan’s surrender.

Japan formally surrendered to the U.S. and Allies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, ending a global conflict that killed up to 60 million people.

What You Need to Know: The USS Missouri, an iconic Iowa-class battleship, played a pivotal role in U.S. naval history, serving in World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War. Notably, Japan’s ...