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  2. USS Missouri (BB-63) - Wikipedia

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    USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is a museum ship.Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States.

  3. Battleship (film) - Wikipedia

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    Filming took place in Hawaii and on USS Missouri. In the film, the crews of a small group of warships are forced to battle against a naval fleet of extraterrestrial origin in order to thwart their destructive goals. Battleship premiered in Tokyo on April 3, 2012, and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on May 18, 2012. The ...

  4. Under Siege - Wikipedia

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    The battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) arrives at Pearl Harbor, where then-President George H. W. Bush announces that the ship will be decommissioned in California. Casey Ryback, a chief petty officer and a culinary specialist, is preparing meals to celebrate commanding officer Captain Adams' birthday, against the orders of executive officer Commander Krill, who has arranged for food and ...

  5. The War (miniseries) - Wikipedia

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    The sinking of USS Indianapolis. Plans for the ultimate, long, and bloody conquest of Japan. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The liberation of the American POWs in Japan and VJ Day following the Japanese surrender at the USS Missouri. The episode concludes with the return and reunification of the American fighting men, and the ...

  6. Casey Ryback - Wikipedia

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    CPO (SEAL) Casey Ryback, USN (Ret.), was a decorated leader of SEAL Team Four until losing security clearance, demoted to cook aboard USS Missouri. He struck his CO (Commanding Officer) after his SEAL teammates were killed because of poor intelligence during the invasion of Panama, Operation Nifty Package, in which they were sent to disable General Manuel Noriega's private jet at Punta ...

  7. List of World War II films - Wikipedia

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    A soldier suffering from amnesia is the only survivor of four infantrymen. When the four men's dog tags were found the Army does not know which of the four the surviving soldier is. The soldier tries to discover his true identity by visiting the homes of the four different soldiers. Denmark The Invisible Army: Den usynlige hær: Johan Jacobsen

  8. MacArthur (1977 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese surrender of World War II scene aboard USS Missouri (BB-63) shows the battleship's 40 mm quad guns covered (mothballed) during the movie. When MacArthur and his aides are planning the U.N. landing at Inchon in 1950, they review a map of the Korean peninsula which shows the current armistice line dividing the two Koreas. That line ...

  9. List of shipwrecks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    A Confederate privateer sunk by USS Montauk in the Ogeechee River. Republic United States: 25 October 1865 Sank in a hurricane about 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Savannah. USS South America United States Navy: 8 December 1861 A whaler that was beached at Tybee Island. USS Water Witch United States Navy: 19 December 1864