{"id":347,"date":"2024-02-22T14:45:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?p=347"},"modified":"2024-02-22T14:45:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:45:55","slug":"mighty-mo-uss-missouri-bb-63-video-and-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?p=347","title":{"rendered":"Mighty MO \u2013 USS Missouri (BB-63) Video and Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are three other ships in the United States Navy which were named after the state of Missouri besides the battleship USS Missouri (BB 63), and although she became associated with the history of the Japanese raid at Pearl Harbor, she never took part in the event. So, why is she known by so many around the world?<br \/>\nMissouri, a.k.a. \u201cMighty Mo\u201d stands out in the history of the Second World War not just as the last battleship of the U.S. Navy, but also as the battleship which hosted the end of the Second World War in the Pacific.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-kamikaze-plane-about-to-hit-missouri-11-april-1945-477x357-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-kamikaze-plane-about-to-hit-missouri-11-april-1945-477x357-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-kamikaze-plane-about-to-hit-missouri-11-april-1945-477x357-1.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nA kamikaze plane about to hit Missouri 11 April 1945<br \/>\nThe life of Mighty Mo began after her commissioning on 11 June 1944 as the last Iowa-class battleship of the U.S. Navy. She had a full-load displacement of 58,000 long tons, a length of 887.2 feet and a beam that measured about 108 feet. At her maximum speed of 33 knots, she possessed a range of about 14,900 miles.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/douglas_macarthur_signs_formal_surrender-499x357-1-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/douglas_macarthur_signs_formal_surrender-499x357-1-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/douglas_macarthur_signs_formal_surrender-499x357-1.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nAllied sailors and officers watch General of the Army Douglas MacArthur sign documents during the surrender ceremony aboard Missouri on 2 September 1945. The unconditional surrender of the Japanese to the Allies officially ended the Second World War.<br \/>\nThe signing of the official instrument of surrender was done aboard Missouri, and thus, the end of the war was marked onboard this ship, the main fact for which she is remembered.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak of the Korean War saw Missouri back in action, providing support and going on bombardment missions. Her last of such missions was the bombardment of Kojo on 25 March 1953.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1197px-uss_missouri_bb-63_underway_in_august_1944-474x357-1-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1197px-uss_missouri_bb-63_underway_in_august_1944-474x357-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1197px-uss_missouri_bb-63_underway_in_august_1944-474x357-1.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThe U.S. Navy battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) during battle practice in Chesapeake Bay on 1 August 1944. She is wearing Camouflage Measure 32 Design 22D.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-allied_battleships_in_sagami_bay_28_aug_1945-483x357-1-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-allied_battleships_in_sagami_bay_28_aug_1945-483x357-1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-allied_battleships_in_sagami_bay_28_aug_1945-483x357-1.jpg 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nWarships of the U.S. Third Fleet and the British Pacific Fleet in Sagami Wan, 28 August 1945, preparing for the formal Japanese surrender a few days later. Mount Fuji is in the background. Nearest ship is USS Missouri (BB-63), flying Admiral William F. Halsey\u2019s four-star flag. The British battleship HMS Duke of York is just beyond her, with HMS King George V further in. USS Colorado (BB-45) is in the far center distance. Also present are U.S. and British cruisers and U.S. destroyers.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/603px-dn-sc-87-09282_17232794666-429x640-1-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/603px-dn-sc-87-09282_17232794666-429x640-1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/603px-dn-sc-87-09282_17232794666-429x640-1.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><br \/>\nAn aerial bow view of the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) underway.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-dn-sc-91-06792_17256962852-549x357-1-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-dn-sc-91-06792_17256962852-549x357-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-dn-sc-91-06792_17256962852-549x357-1.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nSmoke billows from the muzzles of the Mark 7 16-inch\/50-caliber guns in each of the three main gun turrets aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) after the ship fired multiple salvos during exercise RimPac \u201c90 near Hawaii.<br \/>\nRead another story from us: Pearl Harbor Survivor \u2013 The USS California \u201cPrune Barge\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-dn-st-86-07096_17256993082-555x357-1-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-dn-st-86-07096_17256993082-555x357-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200px-dn-st-86-07096_17256993082-555x357-1.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nAn elevated port bow view of the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) en route to recommissioning in San Francisco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are three other ships in the United States Navy which were named after the state of Missouri besides the battleship USS Missouri (BB 63), and although&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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