What You Need to Know: The USS Missouri, an Iowa-class battleship, is celebrated as one of the most iconic American warships. Commissioned during WWII, Missouri played crucial roles in WWII, the ...

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Carey Callaghan, grandson of the USS Missouri’s Capt. William Callaghan, delivers a keynote address to attendees at a ceremony on Friday honoring the 80th ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly ...

At top, Lee Broussard, middle, former USS MIssouri crewman and World War II veteran, shook hands Sunday with Kahu Kordell Kekoa as fellow crewman Edgar Buffman stands at left during a ceremony for the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Only USS Missouri remained operational when the Korean War began, so the other three battleships had to be reactivated and updated. In the final months of... Here’s What ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- A ceremony aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 2024 marked 79 years since World War II ended. The Mighty Mo now serves as a museum which urges the next generation to learn ...

It’s been 80 years since the official end to World War II. On Sept. 2, 1945, Japanese officials boarded the USS Missouri to formally surrender to the Allied powers. The ship spent most of the past 70 ...

The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...

Key Points and Summary – Between 1982 and 1992, the U.S. Navy resurrected its four Iowa-class battleships, turning WWII gun platforms into multi-role missile warships. -Upgrades added 16 Tomahawk ...

Overcast skies gripped Tokyo Bay on an early September morning 80 years ago. Naval ships anchored in the harbor rocked ever slightly as officials representing the United States and Japan gathered on ...