What You Need to Know: The USS Missouri, an Iowa-class battleship, is celebrated as one of the most iconic American warships. Commissioned during WWII, Missouri played crucial roles in WWII, the ...

It’s been 80 years since the official end to World War II. On Sept. 2, 1945, Japanese officials boarded the USS Missouri to formally surrender to the Allied powers. The ship spent most of the past 70 ...

The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Only USS Missouri remained operational when the Korean War began, so the other three battleships had to be reactivated and updated. In the final months of... Here’s What ...

Shipmates who served aboard the battleship USS Missouri BB-63, their children and friends will hold a 35th annual reunion in San Antonio from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1. For more information, call chairman ...

The USS Illinois (BB-65) was the fifth Iowa-class battleship, ordered in 1940, with its keel laid in late 1942. -However, the ...

Explore the history of the world's most famous battleship, the USS Missouri, with this revealing documentary that chronicles the ship's distinguished career that spanned more than 50 years of service.

HONOLULU (Island News) -- A ceremony aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 2024 marked 79 years since World War II ended. The Mighty Mo now serves as a museum which urges the next generation to learn ...

Japan Coast Guard Cmdr. Yuichi Kajiya and his son drop flower pedals off the side of the USS Missoui during a ceremony Friday honoring the 80th anniversary of the kamikaze attack on the ship and the ...

FALL RIVER — History is a living thing in Fall River, where the waterfront is home to the world’s largest collection of naval vessels that saw action in war. Battleship Cove is a Fall River landmark, ...