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The USS Missouri Memorial Association is dedicated to preserving the Battleship Missouri and sharing her story and place in history. The Battleship Missouri Memorial rests in the heart of Pearl Harbor offering activities and tours to Hawaii's visitors from across the world.
The Battleship Missouri Memorial is an American icon that stands in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Battleship welcomes visitors from around the world and is conveniently located less than three miles from the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and just eleven miles from Waikiki, the USS Missouri makes for a great day trip.
Buy Tickets - USS Missouri (en) Includes your choice of a 35-minute Guided Tour or self-guided routes. MENU. Battlship Missouri Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Daily 8:00am - 4:00pm; *Last admission: 3:00pm. The Memorial is closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. General Admission.
The Battleship Missouri Memorial offers guided tours, daily, with much more to explore on your own. The main tour is included in your General Admission ticket and takes you to the exact spot where WWII ended and is fully ADA accessible.
Built in the midst of World War II in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, USS Missouri (BB 63) is the youngest of her other Iowa-class sisters, following USS Iowa (BB 61), USS New Jersey (BB 62), and USS Wisconsin (BB 64).* Like her sisters, she was designed to be a fast battleship: a warship that balanced firepower and armor without sacrificing speed.
In the 1990s, Missouri returned to the Middle East to bombard Iraqi forces in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and participated in the Battle of Kafji. In 1992, the battleship was decommissioned for a final time. In 1998, she opened her water-tight doors again as a historic museum.
Nine 16".50 caliber guns in three, three-gun turrets. Range: 23 miles. Projectiles: Armor piercing – 2,700 pounds High capacity – 1,900 pounds Powder: standard load of six, 110-pound bags. Rate of fire: two rounds per minute, per gun. Use: Anti-surface and shore bombardment.
From March to May, the crew of USS Missouri fired upon 16 enemy aircraft, claiming for themselves 5 kills (with 1 probable kill) and 6 assists. On 18 May, the battleship became a flagship for Third Fleet and Admiral “Bull” Halsey.
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May - June: Underway with Task Group 38.4 in support of the Invasion of Okinawa. July: Underway with Task Unit 34.8.2 in bombardment of Hokkaido and Honshu. September 2: Japan formally surrenders to the Allied Powers aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II.