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  2. 1950 USS Missouri grounding - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. USS Missouri (BB-63) - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World ...

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    The remains of the pilot were recovered on board the ship just aft of one of the 40 mm gun tubs. The dent made by the Zero in the Missouri ' s side remains to this day. Missouri was the only Iowa-class ship that was damaged in the war. Today Missouri is a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, watching over the sunken USS Arizona.

  5. File:The Burning of the USS Missouri in Gibraltar.jpg - Wikipedia

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  6. Battleships in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The German pre-dreadnought battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein fired the first shots of World War II with the bombardment of the Polish garrison at Westerplatte; [3] and the final surrender of the Japanese Empire took place aboard a United States Navy battleship USS Missouri. Between the two events, it became clear that battleships were now ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Iowa-class battleship - Wikipedia

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    In 1991, Missouri participated in Operation Desert Storm, firing 28 Tomahawk Missiles and 759 16-inch shells at Iraqi targets along the coast. [154] Decommissioned for the last time in 1992, Missouri was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for use as a museum ship in 1999. [155]

  9. Allied naval bombardments of Japan during World War II

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    Allied naval bombardments of Japan Part of the Japan campaign, Pacific War USS Indiana bombarding Kamaishi, Japan on 14 July 1945 Date July–August 1945 Location Four Japanese cities and several military facilities and towns Result Allied victory Belligerents United States United Kingdom New Zealand Japan Casualties and losses 32 (POWs killed in the bombardments of Kamaishi) Up to 1,739 ...