USS Missouri (BB-63) by junge1
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Description
The USS Missouri, the 'Mighty Mo', is anchored off Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
The USS Missouri is one of four 45,000 ton IOWA class battleships and was commissioned on 11 June 1944. She was the site of the World WarII Japanese surrender ceremonies on 2 September 1945 in Tokyo Bay.
All four IOWA class battleships were active in WW II and the Korean War and all four were reactivated in the 1980s. The USS Missouri recommissioning was in May 1986. She participated in the 1991 Persian Gulf war and was decommissioined for the last time in March 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1995. She was transferred to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in June 1998 to become a memorial.
USS Missouri stats:
Displacement: 45,700 tons
Length: 887.2-ft (270 m)
Beam: 108.2-ft (33 m)
Draft: 28.9-ft (8.8 m)
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)
Main Armanent: 9x16-inch (406 mm) guns
Also Tomahawk cruise missiles, Harpoon Anti-Ship missiles, Phalanx missiles and many smaller calibre guns.
This picture was taken on 29 October 2005 from the Arizona Memorial.
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Comments (29)
Steff_7
Excellent capture of this proud lady. Envy tou cause I always wanted to see her up close. Excellent...
rockstrider
Thats one huge and magnificent ship! Excellent capture my friend!!
jeroni
Excellent and creative photo
ElizaB
very informative capture and narrative
JeffG7BRJ
Beautiful looking big ship Sig, I see someone on the gangplank coming off, so I take it that it's open to the public. A great memorial to the brave men and women that died at Pearl Harbour. Excellent work. Bravo!!!!!
MrsLubner
You have really defined how large this ship is. Very impressive.
artaddict2
Very impressive and magnificent hardware Sig. I've seen old film footage of the WWII Japanese surrender ceremony, it must churn up some emotions and feelings of those historical events while you were able to stand there Sig.
timtripp
impressive
SapUS59
excellent capture of this beautiful ship and a great tribute to "The Mighty Mo".
virginiese
What a boat ! Great capture
durleybeachbum
great shot of a great ship.
danob
Great image of this old war horse I was on board her in 1991
kenwas
Great how your shot shows the real scale of this giant ship. Excellent!
Meisiekind
What a lovely old gal!! Great capture Sig. xx
busi2ness
It looks like a great reminder of very significant times in the past. Excellent capture.
annie5
Impressive scene..love the ship! Magnific :)
mickuk50
such impressive ships these .excellent capture sig :o) mick
Richardphotos
an awesome vessel and capture. I went on one destroyer in Texas and it was an experience not to forget
Ionel
Excellent capture indeed, Sig!!!
ledwolorz
Super capture.
bebert
belle photo !!!
Hendesse
Excellent shot and informations. Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
furuta
Beautiful, and great!!
fredster66
Always impressive to see... great shot.
delaorden_ojeda
Nice narrative of this wonderful lady, superb capture of this superb destroyer.
Iceshark39
Fantastic image of this stunning Grey Lady. Wonderful narriative as well. It's always a pleasure to see such vessels treated with the respect and admiration they so richly deserve. Beautiful capture.
jocko500
a big ship. wonderful shot
e-brink
Gorgeous scene! Really wonderful!
leanndra
An impressive image. So much history tied up in this ship, and for such a span of decades!