PEARL HARBOR (HawaiiNewsNow) - 70 years ago, the USS Missouri was attacked by a Japanese kamikaze pilot during the Battle of Okinawa. Now, after seven decades, America's last commissioned battleship ...

Editors note: On Sept. 2, 1945, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and many other U.S. and Allied officers accepted the unconditional surrender of the Japanese at the end of World War II on the USS Missouri. Here ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hi. (KFVS) - The Battleship Missouri Memorial, located in Honolulu, Hi, will be unveiling a new plaque onboard the USS Missouri to express their gratitude to the people of Missouri for ...

COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine, and HONOLULU, Aug. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In honor of the upcoming 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Battleship Missouri Memorial and Wreaths Across America ...

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...

Launched in 1944, the USS Missouri (or "Mighty Mo") is best known for hosting a meeting between Allied and Axis representatives that led to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. After the war ...

Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, along with U.S. Navy officials and members of the Battleship Missouri Memorial staff, headlined the grand reopening ceremony for the historic vessel in Pearl Harbor Jan. 30.

Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard commander Capt. Gregory R. Thomas joined the Battleship Missouri Memorial in saluting its volunteers and supporters as the historic ship ...

The end of World War II is to be remembered in Hawaii at the ship where the Japanese surrendered 70 years ago, less than a month after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The ...