9/16/1952 Missouri transits the Panama Canal to Pacific Ocean enroute to Far East. 10/4/1952 Task Force 77 aircraft encounter MIG-15 aircraft for the first time. 10/17/1952 Missouri arrives Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Moored along side USS Iowa BB-61. 10/18/1952 VADM....
8/3/1951 Missouri underway with four destroyers. She carried over 1,000 Midshipmen to further their training as prospective naval officers. 9/8/1951 A Peace Treaty with Japan, for WW II, was signed by 48 other nations in San Francisco. 10/18/1951 Missouri enters the...
President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his command in the Far East. General Douglas MacArthur, relieved of his Far East command by President Harry S. Truman, bid farewell to Congress, quoting a line from a ballad: “Old soldiers never die;...
Missouri is called to the support of the redeployment of the Tenth Corps from Hungnam, giving continuous fire support. Missouri remained the protector, bombarding until the last defense units left the beaches of Hungnam. This brought to a close fifty two consecutive...
