Military Factory flag of United States  USS Missouri (BB-63)
Battleship (1944)  Authored By Dan Alex | Last Updated:
8/17/2015  USS Missouri and her sister battleships saw an equal
amount of combat service in World War 2 and in the decades
making up the Cold War.  The USS Missouri (BB-63) is one of the
most storied American warships ever constructed. Few can lay
claim to having fought in three of the major American
engagements of the 20th Century, taking part in World War 2 (Iwo
Jima, Okinawa, Guam), the Korean War and the Gulf War before she
was retired. As such, the vessel served as a battletested
learning ground for generations of American sailors that
produced grandfathers, fathers and sons that had all served on
the same ship. The Missouri is perhaps best known for her
participation in the surrender ceremony of the Empire of Japan
at Tokyo Bay to conclude World War 2 in 1945. She was brought
back out of retirement in the latter years of the Cold War,
modernized with cruise missile capabilities and advanc