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Namesake: | State of Missouri |
Ordered: | 12 June 1940 |
Builder: | Brooklyn Navy Yard |
Laid down: | 6 January 1941 |
Launched: | 29 January 1944 |
Sponsored by: | Mary Margaret Truman |
Commissioned: | 11 June 1944 |
Decommissioned: | 26 February 1955 |
Recommissioned: | 10 May 1986 |
Decommissioned: | 31 March 1992 |
Struck: | 12 January 1995 |
Identification: | Hull symbol: BB-63 |
Motto: | "Strength for Freedom" |
Nickname(s): | "Mighty Mo" or "Big Mo" |
Honors and awards: |
11 battle stars |
Status: | Museum ship in Pearl Harbor |
Notes: | Final battleship to be completed by the United States |
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General characteristics (1943) | |
Class and type: | Iowa-class battleship |
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Length: | 887 ft 3 in (270.43 m) |
Beam: | 108 ft 2 in (32.97 m) |
Draft: | 37 ft 9 in (11.51 m) (full load) |
Speed: | 32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h) |
Range: | 14,890 mi (23,960 km) |
Complement: | 2,700 officers and enlisted |
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General characteristics (1984) | |
Class and type: | Iowa-class battleship |
Complement: | 1,851 officers and enlisted |
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USS Missouri (BB-63)
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Location | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
Coordinates | 21°21′44″N 157°57′12″WCoordinates: 21°21′44″N 157°57′12″W |
Built | 1944 |
Architect | New York Naval Shipyard |
NRHP reference # | 71000877 |
Added to NRHP | 14 May 1971 |