Iowa-Class aircraft carriers were meant to be massive, mobile battle stations that could turn the tide of a war. Here's why ...

In 1950 the USS Missouri drove high onto a sandbank outside Norfolk, and brute force alone was never going to be enough. This breaks down the lightering, dredging, anchors, tug choreography, and human ...

At top, Lee Broussard, middle, former USS MIssouri crewman and World War II veteran, shook hands Sunday with Kahu Kordell Kekoa as fellow crewman Edgar Buffman stands at left during a ceremony for the ...

On Saturday, the Battleship Missouri Memorial will celebrate “Living History Day” aboard the historic “Mighty Mo” aka USS Missouri, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Those heading to Ford Island at Pearl Harbor ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Battleship Missouri Memorial marked 80 years since the of the end of World War II on Tuesday. On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered aboard the USS Missouri in ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — On this day, 80 years ago, Japan officially surrendered to the allied powers, bringing an end to World War II (WWII). That surrender happened on the deck of the battleship USS ...

A day of profound global significance — the formal end of World War II — occurred on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay when Japan officially surrendered in what signaled a hard-won ...