U.S.S. Missouri
BB-63
1945
(Neptun 1300aT)
- Class: Iowa - 4 battleships of 1939-40
- Displacement: 45,000 tons
- Dimensions: 861.25(wl) 887.25(oa) x 108.25 x 29 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 212,000 = 33 knots
- Armor: belt 19 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 9-16"/50 (3x3), 20-5"/38 (10x2), 80-40mm (20x4) A.A. guns
- Complement: 2,700
- Builder: New York Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 6 Jan 1941
- Launched: 29 Jan 1944
- Commissioned: 11 Jun 1944 / 10 May 1986
- Decommissioned: 26 Feb 1955 / 31 Mar 1992
- Actions: Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1945. Japanese surrender signed on board 2 Sep 1945. Korea 1950-53. Modernized in mid-1980s with addition of 16 Harpoon (in 4 quad canisters), 32 Tomahawk cruise missiles (in 8 armored box launchers), and 4 Phalanx antimissile CIWS, while secondary battery reduced to 12-5"/38, similar to sister Wisconsin, with whom she served in the Persian Gulf in 1991. Preserved as memorial at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jun 1998. Shown in Measure 32/22D Medium Pattern System camouflage.
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