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USS Missouri (BB-63) in 1992



The USS Missouri (BB-63) "Mighty Mo" is an Iowa-class battleship of the United States Navy and was the fourth ship named in honor of the US state of Missouri. She was the last battleship built by the United States and the ship on which the surrender of the Empire of Japan was signed that ended World War II.

The Missouri was commissioned in 1940 and assigned in June 1944. In the Pacific theater in World War II she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and bombed the Japanese archipelago. She also served in the Korean War between 1950 and 1953, before being discharged in 1955 from the US Navy and placed in the reserve. She was reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the US Navy's 600-ship plan, and provided support during Operation Desert Storm between January and February 1991.

The Missouri received a total of 11 Combat Stars for her service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Persian Gulf, and was finally decommissioned on March 31, 1992, although she remained on the ship registry of the US Navy until January 1995. In 1998 it was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawai.

General characteristics

Displacement-
• 58,000 t full-load
Length
• 270.43 m
Sleeve
• 32.98 m
Draft
• 11.6 m

Armor
• Armored belt: 307 mm
• Bulkheads: 287 mm
• Barbetas: from 295 to 439 mm
• Turrets: 500 mm
• Deck: 190 mm

Modernization 1984:
• 9 Mark 7 406mm / 50 (16 ") guns
• 12 x 127mm / 38 (5 ") Mark 12 guns
• 32 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles
• 16 RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles
• 4 CIWS Phalanx 20 mm / 76

Propulsion
• 212,000 Cv
Speed
• 33.0 knots (61.0 km / h)
Autonomy
• 28 500 km

Crew
• Reformed: 1,859 men

Aircraft
• 3 SH-60

(AU) USS Missouri (BB-63) in 2011



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USS Missouri (BB-63) "Mighty Mo" is an Iowa-class battleship of the United States Navy and was the Third ship named for the US state of Missouri. She was the last battleship built by the United States and the ship on which the surrender of the Empire of Japan that ended World War II was signed.

Missouri was commissioned in 1940 and commissioned in June 1944. In the Pacific theater of World War II, she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and bombarded the Japanese archipelago. She also served in the Korean War between 1950 and 1953, before being discharged in 1955 from the US Navy and placed in the reserves. She was reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the US Navy's 600 ship plan and provided support during Operation Desert Storm from January '91 and received a total of 11 Combat Stars for her service in World War II. World War, the Korean War and the Persian Gulf. The Missouri and her four siblings were eventually exposed to a series of extensive modernizations to remain ships of high strategic value against the new threat of monsters like the mighty Godzilla.

General characteristics

Displacement-
• 52,000 t full-load
Length
• 270.43 m
Sleeve
• 32.98 m
Draft
• 11.6 m

Modernization 2000's:
• 6 Mark 7 406mm / 50 (16 ") guns
• 128 (VLS)
• 8 RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles
• 2 CIWS Phalanx 20 mm / 76

Propulsion
• 212,000 Cv
Speed
• 33.0 knots (61.0 km / h)
Autonomy
• 31 500 km

Crew
• Reformed: 750 Sailors

Aircraft
• 4 SH-60

I have to say I'm not a fan...looks like someone just took an Arleigh Burke superstructure and bow and tried to combine it with the graceful lines of the Iowas. The Iowas have a beauty all their own and this just detracts from them.

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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