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USS Missouri (BB-63) 2000, kids checking out the guns

nobody@flickr.com (divemasterking2000) — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:46:48 -0800

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USS Missouri (BB-63) ("Mighty Mo" or "Big Mo") is a U.S. Navy Iowa-class battleship, and was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri. Missouri was the last battleship built by the United States, and was the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan which ended World War II.

Missouri was ordered in 1940 and commissioned in June 1944. In the Pacific Theater of World War II she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands, and she fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. She was decommissioned in 1955 into the United States Navy reserve fleets (the "Mothball Fleet"), but reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan, and fought in the 1991 Gulf War.

Missouri received a total of eleven battle stars for service in World War II, Korea, and the Persian Gulf, and was finally decommissioned on 31 March 1992, but remained on the Naval Vessel Register until her name was struck in January 1995. In 1998 she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum ship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Hawaii 2000, Naomi on the flying bridge of the USS Missouri

nobody@flickr.com (divemasterking2000) — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:45:57 -0800

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Hawaii 2000, Daneil sights the USS Bowfin's deck gun

nobody@flickr.com (divemasterking2000) — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:46:22 -0800

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Hawaii 2000, the kids on the bow of the USS Bowfin

nobody@flickr.com (divemasterking2000) — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:47:11 -0800

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Hawaii 2000, the kids on the USS Bowfin

nobody@flickr.com (divemasterking2000) — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:46:08 -0800

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Hawaii 2006, USS Utah Memorial Ford Island, Pearl Harbor

nobody@flickr.com (divemasterking2000) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:50:50 -0700

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Early in 1970 it was proposed by the shipmates and supporters from the state of Utah that a memorial be built to honor the dead. On May 27, 1972 Senator Moss of Utah, who had led the fight for approval and construction, dedicated the memorial. The legacy of the UTAH was ever present in the struggle of the Pacific. The training it had provided to the pilots, warships, submarines and antiaircraft gunners enabled the Pacific Fleet to be an effective fighting force early on. The weapon testing system had allowed the fleet first-hand experience in working effectively. The ship had contributed significantly to the scientific testing of remote systems, gunnery training and aerial attack. In a larger sense, the UTAH helped prepare America for war.

The USS Utah Memorial commemorating the loss of ship and men is a 40-by-15-foot concrete platform connected to the northwest shore of Ford island by a 70-foot walkway. The memorial is about a mile from the Arizona Memorial. A Naval color guard raises the flag each morning to honor the sailors entombed in the UTAH. Although 1.5 million people annually visit the ARIZONA, few have visited the Utah.

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USS UTAH MEMORIAL

This memorial was officially authorized by the 91st Congress of the United States of America on l9 October 1970. Its construction was made possible by congressional appropriation
and by the generous contributions of many individuals and organizations
devoted to the preservation of heroic memories
Dedicated Memorial Day 1972

"While we honor those who here gave their last full measure of devotion
all of us hope and pray that the time will come when we no longer need
to dedicate memorials to men who died in battle- - - that we will dedicate
memorials to those who live in peace - - - to all nations and all men"

Frank G. Moss
United States Senator-Utah
Ground Breaking-7 December 1971

USS Missouri 2006, Pearl Harbor Hawaii

nobody@flickr.com (divemasterking2000) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:52:47 -0700

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Hawaii 2006, 50 machine gun on USS Missouri (BB-63)

nobody@flickr.com (divemasterking2000) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:51:59 -0700

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Hawaii 2006, USS Utah Memorial Ford Island, remains

nobody@flickr.com (divemasterking2000) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:49:15 -0700

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