When the USS Missouri was laid down in 1941, tensions in the Pacific were nearly about to peak. Notably, the Mighty Mo was the final battleship to be commissioned by the U.S. Navy. During its ...

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 ...

3 /6 Courtesy U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command The USS Missouri at the moment it was about to be hit by a Japanese A6M Zero Kamikaze while operating off Okinawa on April 11, 1945.

The USS Iowa submarine is the latest of several ships named for Iowa in the nation’s history. An Iowa steamship was used to transport troops in the Civil War. The battleship USS Iowa BB-4 saw ...

The 165-foot vessel played a part in World War II combat operations, serving U.S. Naval forces in the North Atlantic; during the war the ship was named the USS Mohawk CGC. According to the Lee ...

KBMT-TV Beaumont-Port Arthur, Posted: February 6, 2025 | Last updated: February 6, 2025 Michael Broussard's naval career spanned six years, taking him across multiple deployments while also ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — U.S. Navy veteran Michael Broussard proudly recalls his service aboard what he calls "the world's most famous battleship", the USS Missouri. "I was 18 years old when I got on ...

Boasting a 51-year career, the USS Missouri initially launched from the Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn in 1944. It was on that battleship’s deck that Japan surrendered, bringing World War II to an ...

Missouri was the only Iowa-class battleship to remain on active duty following WWII. In her later years, the battleship would partake in the Korean War and the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

The USS Missouri was an icon of history, and her story did not end there. The Missouri was twice deployed during the Korean War, first from September 1950 to March 1951, and later from September ...

The ship was constructed in 1985 and commissioned in 1987. It was named after one of World War II’s largest naval battles, The Battle of Leyte Gulf, fought in 1944 in the Philippine Sea.