Firing her guns

Missouri off Diamond Head, Hawaii, 21 June 1998. She had departed the US west coast on 23 May 1998, under tow by the tug Sea Victory, ending many years in the Bremerton reserve fleet. Photo: USN Official.

BB-11 USS MISSOURI CLASS - MAINE As Built. Displacement 12,500 Tons, Dimensions, 393' 11" (oa) x 72' 3" x 26' 8" (Max) Armament 4 x 12"/40 16 x 6"/50, 6 x 3"/50 2 x 18" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 4" Decks, 10" Conning Tower. Machinery, 16,000 IHP; 2 vertical, Inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws Speed, 18 Knots, Crew 561.

MacArthur had been made commander of all U.S. Army forces in the Pacific. He accepted the surrender of Japan aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945