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| USS
Missouri |
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USS Missouri (BB63)
History
| Date |
Event |
| 6 January 1941 |
Keel Laid |
| 29 January 1944 |
Launched |
| 11 June 1944 |
Commissioned |
| 6 January 1945 |
Pacific Operations |
| 2 September 1945 |
Japanese Surrender Signed Aboard
Missouri |
| 17 January 1950 |
Ran Aground - Chesapeake Bay |
| 1 February 1950 |
Refloated after offloading 11,000+
Tons |
| September 1950 |
Korean Operations |
| April 1953 |
Returned to USA |
| 26 February 1955 |
Decommissioned |
| 10 May 1986 |
Recommissioned |
| 10 September 1986 |
Departed on Circumnavigation of Globe
Mission |
| 19 December 1986 |
Completes Circumnavigation |
| 3 September 1987 |
Straight of Hormuz |
| November 1987 |
Began return trip to USA |
| November 1990 |
Deployed during Desert Shield |
| 15 January 1991 |
Participated in First Strike on Iraq |
| 7 December 1991 |
In Pearl Harbor for 50th Anniversary
of Attack |
| 31 March 1992 |
Decommissioned |
| 12 January 1995 |
Stricken from Navy roster, disposition
pending |
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