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Missouri was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of Missouri. [16] The ship was authorized by Congress in 1938 [17] and ordered on 12 June 1940 with the hull number BB-63. [18] The keel for Missouri was laid down at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 6 January 1941 in slipway 1.
The USS Missouri grounding occurred 17 January 1950 when the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) ran aground while sailing out of Chesapeake Bay. No one was injured, but the battleship remained stuck for over two weeks before being freed from the sand. The ship was so damaged that she had to return to port and enter dry dock for repairs.
On 16 April 1945, a kamikaze aircraft dove through the flight deck, killing eight and wounding 21, but the ship was landing planes again within three hours. Today she is a museum ship in New York City. USS Franklin (CV-13) was damaged by aircraft bombs on 19 March 1945, 50 miles south of Shikoku, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. She survived ...
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USS Missouri (1841), a sidewheel frigate launched in 1841 and destroyed by fire in August 1843; USS Missouri (BB-11), a Maine-class battleship in service from 1900 to 1922. USS Missouri (BB-63), an Iowa-class battleship in service (variably) from 1944 to 1992; site of the official Japanese surrender of World War II; now a floating war memorial ...
The SS United States may be sunk in the near future, but its memories live on through those who experienced it.. Despite great efforts to revamp the iconic ocean liner, following a lawsuit, the SS ...
The sinking of the USS Indianapolis resulted in the greatest single loss of life at sea, on a single ship, in the history of the U.S. Navy. A disaster turns 79. USS Indianapolis sinking leads to ...
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