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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.
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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.
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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.
English: The USS Missouri fires 16-inch shell into enemy lines at Hungnam with a 3-gun salvo. December 26, 1950. (Navy) NARA FILE #: 080-G-426954 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1445
Among the 17 killed in one of the deadliest tourist accidents in the U.S. in years were the boat's driver and nine members of a single family from Indiana.
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