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	USS Missouri (BB-63) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The USS Missouri (BB-63) is a United States Navy battleship, notable as both the last battleship to be built by the United States, and as the site of the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II.
		The Missouri was deployed during the Korean War in September, 1950 and conducted shore bombardment around Samchok on September 15 before becoming part of the escort for the Valley Forge and conducting further bombardments in October (Chonjin and Tanchon) and December (Hungnam).
		The vessel was donated to the Missouri Memorial Association in 1996 and transferred to Hawaii in 1998, where she officially joined the Battleship Row memorial in Pearl Harbor on January 29, 1999.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_missouri__bb_63_.html (744 words)

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		The fourth Missouri (BB-B3), the last battleship completed by the United States, was laid down 6 January 1941 by New York Naval Shipyard; launched 29 January 1944; sponsored by Miss Margaret Truman, daughter of then Senator from Missouri Harry S Tr uman, later President; and commissioned 11 June 1944, Capt. William M. Callaghan in command.
		Missouri joined the fast battleships of TF 58 in bombarding the southeast coast of Okinawa 24 March, an action intended to draw enemy strength from the west coast beaches that would be the actual site of invasion landings.
		Missouri rejoined the screen of the carriers as Marine and Army units stormed the shores of Okinawa on the morning of 1 April.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/battlesh/bb63.htm (2561 words)

	USS Missouri (BB-11) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Missouri (BB-11), a Maine-class battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 24th state.
		Fleet operations along the east coast and in the Caribbean during the next years were highlighted by her relief to earthquake victims at Kingston, Jamaica, from 17 January to 19 January 1907.
		With the "Great White Fleet," Missouri sailed from Hampton Roads on 16 December 1907, passing in review before President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt at the beginning of a world cruise which was to show the world that American naval might could penetrate any waters.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/uss_missouri__bb_11_ (788 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Missouri (BB 11) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fleet operations along the East Coast and in the Caribbean during the next years were highlighted by her relief to earthquake victims at Kingston, Jamaica, 17 to 19 January 1907.
		Missouri recommissioned 16 March 1914 for that summer's Naval Academy Practice Squadron's cruise to Italian and English ports.
		She was sold to J. Hitner and W. Cutler of Philadelphia 26 January 1922 and scrapped in accordance with the treaty limiting naval armaments.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/missouri/bb11-mo.html (684 words)

	US Navy & the Panama Canal
		The USS Arkansas was in the Atlantic at the attack on Pearl Harbor.
		The USS California was at Pearl Harbor, as was the USS Maryland.
		The USS Pennsylvania was in drydock at Pearl Harbor during the attack.
	www.czbrats.com /Album/Photo_Album5.htm (373 words)

	USS Kentucky (BB-66) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The keel of Kentucky (BB-66), an Iowa-class battleship, was laid at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, on 6 December 1944.
		She was launched on 20 January 1950 to clear the dock for repairs to USS Missouri (BB-63) after her grounding.
		In May or June 1956, Kentucky's bow was removed and transported on a large crane barge from Newport News, Virginia, where she had been towed, back to Norfolk Naval Shipyard, to be used in the repair of USS Wisconsin (BB-64), which had been damaged in a collision with USS Eaton (DDE-510) on 6 May 1956.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/USS_Kentucky_(BB-66) (242 words)

	USS Missouri (BB 63) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS MISSOURI was the third ship in the IOWA class and the last battleship commissioned by the United States Navy.
		USS MISSOURI is hit by a star shell during target practice in the North Atlantic.
		MISSOURI departed Piraeus 26 April, touching at Algiers and Tangiers before arriving Norfolk 9 May. She departed for Culebra Island 12 May to join Admiral Mitcher's 8th Fleet in the Navy's first large-scale postwar Atlantic training maneuvers.
	www.navysite.de /bb/bb63.htm (4072 words)

	Naval History USS Missouri BB-63
		The fourth Missouri (BB -63), the last battleship completed by the United States, was laid down 6 January 1941 by New York Naval Shipyard, Launched 29 January 1944 sponsored by Miss Margaret Truman, daughter of then Senator from Missouri Harry S Truman, later President; and commissioned 11 June 1944, Capt. William ~R Callaghan in command.
		Missouri then steamed with the carriers to Iwo Jima where her mighty guns provided direct and continuous support to the invasion landings begun 10 February.
		Missouri Joined the fast battleships of TF 58 in bombarding the southeast coast of Okinawa 24 March, an action intended~led to draw enemy strength from the west coast beaches that would be the actual site of invasion landings.
	www.multied.com /navy/battle/Missouri2.html (2550 words)

	BB-61 IOWA-class - Navy Ships
		USS Missouri (BB 63) was recommissioned May 10, 1986 and USS Wisconsin (BB 64) was recommissioned October 22, 1988.
		USS Missouri (BB 63) began her new life with an around-the-world cruise, the first such cruise for a battleship since the Great White Fleet sailed in 1907.
		USS Missouri decommissioned in March 1992 and was placed in Reserve at Bremerton, Washington.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/bb-61.htm (1450 words)

	BB-63 Missouri
		The fourth Missouri (BB-63), the last battleship completed by the United States, was laid down 6 January 1941 by New York Naval Shipyard; launched 29 January 1944; sponsored by Miss Margaret Truman, daughter of then Senator from Missouri Harry S Truman, later President; and commissioned 11 June 1944, Capt. William M. Callaghan in command.
		Missouri joined the fast battleships of TF 58 in bombarding the southeast coast of Okinawa 24 March 1945, an action intended to draw enemy strength from the west coast beaches that would be the actual site of invasion landings.
		USS Missouri was recommissioned in San Francisco 10 May 1986.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/bb-63.htm (3892 words)

	MIGHTY MO - Tribute to the USS Missouri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Mighty Missouri is without a doubt one of the finest naval vessels ever made.
		Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1995, Missouri now has a permanant home in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii as a memorial to the men who served on her and the thousands who gave their lives for our Freedom.
		USS Missouri (BB-63) entering Tokyo Bay for the formal signing of the Japanese surrender.
	www.worldsfinestnavy.com /mightyMO.html (313 words)

	Articles - USS Missouri (BB-63) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Missouri then steamed with the carriers to Iwo Jima where her main guns provided direct and continuous support to the invasion landings begun 19 February.
		This was the first time since WWII that Missouri had fired her guns in anger, and in company with the cruiser Helena and two destroyers, she helped prepare the way for the 8th Army offensive.
		Missouri is not eligible for designation as a National Historic Landmark, even though she is the last completed U.S. battleship and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1971 for hosting the signing of the instrument of Japanese surrender that ended World War II.
	www.gaple.com /articles/USS_Missouri_(BB-63) (4956 words)

	Battleship uss missouri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Missouri is one of four Iowa class battleships completed by the United States during World War II.
		USS Missouri (BB 63) is probably the most famous, best-known, and most historically significant battleship in the world today.
		USS Missouri (BB-63) is a United States Navy battleship, notable as both the...
	www.lookgames.net /battleship-uss-missouri.html (1521 words)

	USS Missouri BB-63 Battleship - 1/350 Scale Mahogany Model - WWII - USN
		USS Missouri, a 45,000 ton Iowa class battleship built by the New York Navy Yard, was commissioned on 11 June 1944.
		Missouri was the only U.S. battleship on active duty in June 1950, when the Korean War began, and made two combat deployments to the Western Pacific.
		Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1995, Missouri was transferred to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in June 1998 to become a memorial.
	www.silentthundermodels.com /ship_models/missouri.html (414 words)

	USN Ships--USS MISSOURI (BB-11)
		USS Missouri, a 13,500 ton Maine class battleship, was built at Newport News, Virginia.
		Her operations after 1909 were generally in the western Atlantic and Caribbean, but she made a training cruise to Europe in 1914 and steamed through the Panama Canal to the Pacific in 1915.
		USS Missouri was decommissioned in September 1919 and sold for scrapping in January 1922.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/bb11.htm (446 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Missouri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Missouri arrived in Hawaii on June 22, 1998, and opened to the public on January 29, 1999.
		USS Missouri is the youngest of the four magnificent Iowa class battleships built by the United States.
		USS Missouri is best known as the site where General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, on 2 September 1945, officially accepted the surrender of Japan, ending World War II.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/missouri.htm (228 words)

	PEARL HARBOR: THE USS UTAH (BB31/AG16( STORY
		Our goal is to further USS Utah's Internet presence, to add additional eyewitness reports, promote camaraderie among the remaining survivors, and to honor all who served on this grand old ship.
		USS UTAH (AG16) rests on the west side of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and is not mentioned in tourist brochures.
		The USS Utah Memorial is one of two National Memorials at Pearl, the other being USS Arizona.
	www.ussutah.org (542 words)

	BB63 - Fremantle
		One of them was USS Missouri (BB 11), predecessor of the present day Missouri.
		That war came to an end on the deck of the Missouri when Japanese officials came aboard to sign the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay.
		After seeing action in the Korean conflict, Missouri was decommissioned in 1955 and spent the next thirty years as a floating museum in Bremerton, Washington.
	www.geocities.com /uss_missouri_bb63/hobart.html (334 words)

	Kalaupapa Salute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1986, the USS Missouri, on its own worldwide cruise after being recommissioned, re-created the moving salute of the Great White Fleet.
		This Saturday, the Missouri, under tow by the Sea Victory tug, will re-enact the route followed by the Great White Fleet of 1908 and the USS Missouri in 1986.
		The USS Missouri Memorial Association is a private Hawaii-based 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization designated by Secretary of the Navy John Dalton as the owner of the historic Battleship Missouri.
	www.ussmissouri.com /press/1998/16June.htm (568 words)

	USS Missouri BB 63 - US Navy - Korean War Project
		I bare his name, and he was aboard the USS Missouri during Korea.
		He says the Missouri was firing shells on 15 Sept 50 in the Inchon Harbor.
		Her primary mission was to provide seagoing artillery support by bombarding enemy targets In the Chaho-Tanchon area, at Chongjin, in the Tanchon-Sonjin area, and at Chaho, Wonsan, Hamhung, and Hungnam during the period 15 October through 2 January 1953.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/navy/uss_missouri.htm (4156 words)

	USS Missouri BB-63
		The Missori lost an SC-1 Seahawk float plane on her first combat patrol, after it was catapulted on February 10, 1945, the aircraft developed engine trouble and crashed into the sea.
		Before he could be rescued by the USS Lewis Hancock, the pilot, Lt. Everett N. Frothingham was lost.
		It is open to visitors with paid admission thru the USS Missouri Memorial Museum.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /ships/usn/BB-63.html (178 words)

	USS Missouri (BB 63)
		Close-up of the armored conning tower and the enclosed bridge area during shakedown cruise.
		Note the K-type blimp overhead and the new battlecruiser USS Alaska (CB 1) in the background.
		Looking over the quad 40mm Bofors mount atop Turret II during her shakedown cruise (the forward turrets are trained to port.) Note the camouflage pattern on the deck and battlecruiser USS Alaska (CB 1) is in the background.
	www.geocities.com /ziggyfoos/Missouri.html (952 words)

	HyperWar: USS Missouri (BB-63) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Missouri, the Mighty Mo in Puget Sound
		USS Missouri Memorial Association Inc. -- the Missouri moves to Pearl Harbor as a national memorial and museum.
		The deck of the Missouri was the sight for the signing of the Japanese surrender, on 15 Sep. 1945.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/BB/BB-63_Missouri.html (130 words)

	USN Ships--USS MISSOURI (BB-11), On Board & Close Up
		This page presents views taken on board USS Missouri or close up photos of her structure.
		Missouri was visiting Japan during the "Great White Fleet"'s cruise around the World.
		Poses with a steering wheel on USS Missouri (BB-11), circa 1909.
	history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/bb11-o.htm (366 words)

	Museum Models
		For example, the Iowa state capitol has a very nice large scale model of the USS Iowa on display.; I would like to see pictures of her.
		USS Missouri (BB-11) by John Haynes at the USS Missouri Museum, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
		USS Arizona and IJN Akagi Models at the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor Hawaii
	wmunderway.8m.com /museum/museum.htm (280 words)

	USS New Jersey BB 62 - US Navy - Korean War Project
		Comments: I was aboard USS New Jersey BB-62 in late 1953 as part of Commander Seventh Fleet Staff.
		On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 ROXART25@aol.com wrote: I SERVED ON THE USS NEW JERSEY FROM 1952 TO 1954.
		The ship (Uss New Jersey BB 62) was hit by a North Korean shore battery on Kalma Gak peninsula, Bay of Wonson, Korea.
	www.kwp.org /html/units/navy/uss_newjersey.htm (3192 words)

	Thomas Charles Hart, Admiral, United States Navy
		Later in his career, he served as a Lieutenant and Division Officer aboard the Battleship, USS Missouri (BB-11) and as Commander of the torpedo boat destroyer, USS Lawrence (DD-8).
		He was qualified for Command of Submarines and during World War I, he was assigned as a commander of submarine operations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as Director of Submarines at the Navy Department.
		The USS Houston (CA-30) became Admiral Hart's flagship on 19 November 1940.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /tchart.htm (3420 words)

	USN Ships--USS MISSOURI (BB-11) in 1903-10
		This page presents overall views of USS Missouri from her commissioning in December 1903 into 1910.
		During 1903 to early 1909, Missouri wore the white and buff paint of the pre-1909 battle fleet.
		Up her return from the World cruise of the "Great White Fleet", in February 1909, she was repainted grey and fitted with a new "basket" (or "cage") foremast.
	history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/bb11-a.htm (251 words)

	Ask the Crew - USS Missouri Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		My uncle Albert Darazio at some point was on board the USS Missouri in the early 1900s and I was looking for some information I can't find him listed any where.
		If he was aboard in the early 1900’s, then he would have had to have been a crewmember of the earlier battleship, USS Missouri (BB-11), a member of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet.
		The USS Missouri now in Hawaii, is BB-63.
	www.ussmissouri.com /Question.asp?id=77 (158 words)

	USS Goldsborough DDG-20
		The purpose of the USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG-20) Association is to promote camaraderie among those who served in USS GOLDSBOROUGH DDG-20.
		This website is commissioned to maintain the ship's history, and to provide a forum where crewmembers may become re-acquainted.
		Unless otherwise indicated, opinions expressed are those of the author of the page or article, and do not represent the views of this site, or of the United States Navy.
	www.ussgoldsborough.com (114 words)

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		Subject: Detail & Scale VOL 39 "USS Enterprise" Hi all, I was actually thinking about this before this whole "copyright issue" thread started, and then was a little leary about posting since that came up, but what the heck.
		Subject: Re: USS Missouri (BB-11) The best reference I have seen is American Battleships 1886-1923 by John C. Reilly, Jr.
		Decals for 11 ships are provided (British, French, Canadian and American) and include pilot house windows and checkerboards for the funnel.
	smmlonline.com /archives/VOL0864.txt (4276 words)

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