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

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.

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 ...

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 ...