Restoring the Mighty Mo: USS Missouri's Teak Deck Gets a New Lease on Life The greatest threat to a battleship isn't a ...

U.S. Navy veteran Michael Broussard proudly recalls his service aboard what he calls "the world's most famous battleship", the USS Missouri. "I was 18 years old when I got on that ship and went to ...

The hour-long documentary SURRENDER ON THE USS MISSOURI focuses on those who witnessed the official Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, ending World War II. Through interviews with those who ...

But then I consider the 70th anniversary of V-J Day, Aug. 15, and, more revealing, the formal Japanese surrender ceremony held 18 days later on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri. It is a ...

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — USS St. Louis (LCS 19), a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), returned to Naval Station Mayport this week, concluding its first deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet ...

Launched in 1944, the USS Missouri (or "Mighty Mo") is best known for hosting a meeting between Allied and Axis representatives that led to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II.

2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when documents were signed officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. It’s known as V-J Day ...