Class: Iowa Battleship
Launched: January 29, 1944
At: New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York
Commissioned: June 11, 1944
Length: 887 feet, 3 inches
Beam: 108 feet, 2 inches
Draft: 37 feet, 9 inches
Displacement: 57,500 tons
Armament: (1988) Nine 16-inch/50 caliber guns; twelve 5-inch/38 caliber guns; 32 armored tomahawk missile launchers; sixteen harpoon missile launchers; four 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Gatling type guns.
Address:
USS Missouri Memorial Association, Inc.
Pier Foxtrot-5, Pearl Harbor
63 Cowpens St.
Honolulu, HI 96818
Latitude: 21.362033, Longitude: -157.953450
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Mailing Address:
USS Missouri Memorial Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 879
Aiea, HI 96701
Phone: (808)455-1600
http://www.ussmissouri.org
Since opening in January 1999, the Battleship Missouri Memorial has attracted 9-million visitors from around the world with a fascinating tour experience showcasing the USS Missouri’s unique place in history. Located a mere ship’s length from the USS Arizona Memorial, the Mighty Mo completes a historical visitor experience that begins with the “day of infamy” and sinking of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and ends with Japan’s formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945.
The USS Missouri had an astounding career over five decades and three wars – World War II, the Korean War, and Desert Storm – after which it was decommissioned and donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The Association operates the Battleship Missouri Memorial as a historic attraction and oversees her care and preservation with the support of visitors, memberships, grants, and donations.
Today, the “Mighty Mo” is open for visitors in Pearl Harbor as the Battleship Missouri Memorial, under the care of the USS Missouri Memorial Association, Inc. Not supported with government funding, the Association is a Hawaii-based 501 (C) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to creating and maintaining a fitting memorial to the people and historic events reflecting our nation’s legacy of duty, honor, strength, resolve, and sacrifice.
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