Battleship Missouri Memorial - Pearl Harbor, Oahu, HI
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USS Missouri was the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan which ended World War II. Decommissioned on 31 March 1992, she was donated by the Navy for preservation as a memorial museum.
Waymark Code: WMRBPC
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2016
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From Wikipedia: "USS Missouri (BB-63) is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship and was the third ship of the U.S. Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri. Missouri was the last battleship commissioned by the United States and was best remembered as 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, but reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan, and provided fire support during Operation Desert Storm in January/February 1991.
Missouri received a total of 11 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. Less than a year later, on 29 January 1999, Missouri was opened as a museum operated by the MMA." (
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In its first year, Battleship Missouri Memorial welcomed more than 400,000 visitors. It offers two daily tours with much more to explore on your own. The main tour is included in your General Admission ticket and takes you to the exact spot where WWII ended and is fully ADA accessible. The second is called "The Heart of the Missouri" tour and takes you deep inside the inner workings of the ship including the engine rooms and gun turrets. This tour is not ADA accessible and is not open to children under 10.
If you like to adventure on your own, you're welcome to take a map once you come aboard and take advantage of informational signs around the ship at your own pace. Tour guides and staff will be around the ship and available to answer questions or point you in the right direction.
Exhibits, with special exceptions, are largely categorized as restored spaces or operational displays. These include many of the operational, engineering, navigational, administrative, food service and living spaces aboard Battleship Missouri that are restored to their "in-operation" appearance.
The Crew's Room exhibit is located on the second deck aft and contains a collection of artifacts donated by generations of former crew members. This design provides a glimpse of their life-at-sea aboard the Missouri.
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How to get there: The Battleship Missouri Memorial ticket booth is located across from the entry into the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. The shuttle bus station is located behind the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum. Head for the Navy rockets and the bus stop is to the right.
The museum can also be accessed by car, shuttle or city bus.