Today, a Virginia - class submarine, USS Missouri (SSN-780) has the honor of being the fourth USS Missouri and carrying the Missouri legacy into the future, also homeported in Pearl Harbor. Navy ship to be named after the Show Me state and the fourth American warship* to bear the name - there was a Confederate Missouri that was captured by Union forces during the Civil War but never commissioned as a United States Ship (USS). Finally, take your place on the bridge of the Missouri and check out the view from the Captain's Chair!īorn in the midst of World War II, the shipyard workers at Brooklyn’s New York Navy Yard constructed the battleship in time for her launch on Januand commissioning as the USS Missouri on Jwith Capt. Pop down below for a surprise inspection of the crew's quarters and mess. Stride across the deck of the Mighty Mo and get a close-up view of the Missouri's massive, 16-inch, 50-caliber guns.
Ĭlimb aboard the Missouri and follow in the footsteps of General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers. A career spanning five decades and three wars. The surrender of the Japanese on the deck of the Missouri brought the Second World War to an end and remains one of the most impressive highlights in her illustrious 50-year career. The "Mighty Mo" was the last American battleship ever built and the last to be decommissioned. A true force to be reckoned with in her prime, today, the now peaceful giant stands silent guard over Pearl Harbor. Weighing over 58,000 tons and measuring just under 900 feet from bow to stern, the USS Missouri is a hulking, awe-inspiring behemoth of a ship.
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