USS MISSOURI
- Also Known As: Mighty Mo
- Also Known As: Battleship Missouri Memorial
- Vicinity: Ford Island, Pearl Harbor
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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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 |
Particulars for USS MISSOURI: | |
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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 |
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