HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A special exhibit aboard the battleship USS Missouri has a heart-wrenching perspective on what it is like for a fighter pilot preparing to die for his country. It’s ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) -- A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack ...

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 ...

Eighty years ago, on April 11, 1945, the USS Missouri was involved with the Battle of Okinawa when kamikaze pilot Setsuo Ishino slammed his plane into the Mighty Mo’s side.

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 ...

The USS Missouri was the ship where Japanese leaders signed surrender papers on Sept. 2, 1945. It was christened in 1944 by Margaret Truman, Harry Truman’s daughter, before he became president ...

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.

Monday officially marked 80 years since the launch of the USS Missouri, the battleship on which Japan formally surrendered in WWII. It’s also the 25th anniversary of the ship’s memorial ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The USS Missouri celebrated her history and the people who have fought for America’s freedom on Saturday during “Living History Day.” The event was free to kamaaina ...

It was built very quickly, in eight months, and most of the work was done by prisoners of the nearby penitentiary. The cost, with some of the furnishings, was $74,960, according to the Missouri ...

The second USS Missouri (BB-11) was a Maine-class battleship in service from 1900 to 1922. Today, there is another USS Missouri (SSN-780), a Virginia -class submarine commissioned in 2010.