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USS MISSOURI
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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1944/01/29 New York Naval Shipwrights Shipwright Laid down on January 6th, 1941, the USS Missouri (BB-63) is launched.
1945/09/02 Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese government. Imperial Japan Surrenders
1945/09/02 Gen Douglas MacArthur Commander of US Army Forces in the Far East Supreme Commander MacArthur signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the United Nations: It is my earnest hope and indeed the hope of all mankind that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past. Imperial Japan Surrenders
1945/09/02 John H Towers Witness Representatives sign the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the United States, China, Britain, the USSR, Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands and New Zealand. Imperial Japan Surrenders
1945/09/02 Webley Edwards Work Webley Edwards: Attention, peoples of the world! .... The Japanese delegation has just arrived. Lined up before us are officers and men .... The deck of the Missouri stretches out before us ... its great guns pointed skyward to allow for more room.... Imperial Japan Surrenders
1945/09/02 Chester W Nimitz US Fleet Admiral Admiral Chester W Nimitz signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the United States. Imperial Japan Surrenders
1945/09/02 Gen Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff, signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, formally ending World War II. Imperial Japan Surrenders
1945/09/02 Web Edwards concludes the broadcast from Tokyo: And so now we have peace in the world. From the Pacific, ladies and gentlemen, as if God Himself approves, the clouds have broken away, and the sun has come out in these first moments of peace.... Imperial Japan Surrenders

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Particulars for USS MISSOURI:
Vehicle Type Boat
Owner Federal
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Military
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Naval Facility
Boat Type Ship
Sight Category Vehicle



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 14th May 1971

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: U.S.S. MISSOURI
Registry Address: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Registry Number: 71000877
Resource Type: Structure
Owner: Federal
Architect: New York Naval Shipyard
Contributing Structures: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Military
Applicable Criteria: Event
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Significant Year: 1944, 1945
Historic Function: Transportation, Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Naval facility
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Defense, Transportation
Current Sub-Function: Naval facility Museum

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