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Honolulu, Hawaii

Saturday, Feb. 02, 2013 Member Celebration and Public Event

The Battleship Missouri honors our locals and our countless volunteers on this day with an appreciation ceremony and refreshments.  Free admission all day to local and military personnel with proper ID. 

A special member event includes family workshops below the main deck and Battleship games in the crew mess hall.  Enjoy live music, special events and family time. Admirals Circle Members and select donor groups receive invitations to private events.

2013 marks the 69th anniversary of the launch of the USS Missouri (BB-63) from Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the 14th anniversary of the ship’s opening as a public memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Join our annual celebration to commemorate the launch of the ship on her birthday.  Public is invited.

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Mo Movies Presents: Battleship - Free - SOLD OUT

Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 7PM

Honolulu, Hawaii

The Battleship Missouri lit up the big screen as the leading lady in the movie Battleship and is now celebrating the release of the Blu-Ray DVD. You're invited to an exclusive after hours showing of the film aboard the fantail of the famous Mighty Mo.

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67^th Anniversary of the End of World War II- Free

Sunday, September 2, 2012, 9:15AM

Honolulu, Hawaii

The Board of Directors, staff and volunteers of the USS Missouri Memorial Association, Inc. request the honor of your presence at a ceremony commemorating the 67th Anniversary of the End of World War II.

By RSVPing for the Member Appreciation, you are also reserving a seat for the Surrender Ceremony beginning at 8 a.m.  The membership event will follow at 9:15 a.m.  

For more event information, click here.

 

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Commemorative Candle Lighting Ceremony, St. Louis Missouri - Free

Sunday, September 2, 2012, Dusk

Veteran's Village, Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri

Be one of 67 Volunteers for a Commemorative Candle Lighting Ceremony at dusk on Sunday, September 2^nd along with Bonnie Hilory, Vice President of Development, USS Missouri Memorial Association. Join us as we celebrate all veterans at this free event. Stop by the USS Missouri Memorial Association's booth in the Veteran's Village and create your own commemorative lantern. All materials provided.

For more information, click here.

 

 

 

• The USS Missouri is 108 feet 2 inches wide and built to traverse the Panama Canal which is 110 feet wide.
• Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of the then junior Senator Harry S. Truman, christened the USS Missouri on January 29, 1944.
• From its keel to the top of her mast, the USS Missouri is as tall as a 20-story building (209 feet 3 inches tall).
• Theoretical top speed for the USS Missouri is 33 knots or almost 40 miles per hour.
• The USS Missouri has never had a combat death aboard her decks.
• When the family of President Harry S. Truman was on board, they made it a practice to eat at least one meal a day with the crew in the Crew’s Mess.
• The USS Missouri has three gun turrets with three guns each.  The 16-inch guns were the largest ever installed on a Navy ship.
• The USS Missouri’s big guns are aimed based upon the commands of an analog computer first designed in the 1920s.
• Each gun weighs 230,000 pounds, or about as much as a space shuttle.
• Two guns together weigh about as much as a fully loaded Boeing 747.
• Each Navy battleship carried a detachment of Marines on board who were the ran the brig or jail.
• During World War II, the USS Missouri launched spotter seaplanes from two catapults on the stern of the ship.
• The USS Arizona and the USS Missouri are known as the “bookends” of America’s involvement in World War II.
• The USS Missouri now hosts several military ceremonies, including re-enlistments, retirements and change of command.
• The USS Missouri was truly the end of an era. She was the very last battleship of any nation to be decommissioned.
• Each turret of the USS Missouri was manned by 77 to 110 men working in the turret and on five decks below the turret.
• The USS Missouri crew earned three battle stars in World War II and five battle stars in the Korean War.
• Although it looks like one, the USS Missouri is no longer a Navy ship.  It is owned by the USS Missouri Memorial Association.
• The USS Missouri's four engine rooms can generate 212,000 horsepower moving forward and 44,000 going astern.
• Three former American Presidents have boarded the Battleship Missouri: Harry S. Truman, George H. W. Bush Sr. and George W. Bush, Jr.
• The total number of meals served during both active commissioning periods is approximately 40,615,000 meals.