Controversial ceremony held aboard USS Missouri by the USS Missouri Memorial Association. Although the ceremony was designed to honor the first Commanding Officer of the ship, Captain William M.. Callaghan, USN, some reports in Japanese newspapers said the ceremony...
The USS Missouri (BB-63) became the last battleship when she was decommissioned for the second time and re-entered the reserve fleet. Her last Commanding Officer, Captain Albert Lee Kaiss, USN was the last sailor to leave the ship and therefore became the “last...
4/11/1991 UN cease-fire ends the Persian Gulf War. 4/14/1991 Missouri moored in Hobart, Tasmania, most southern port ever visited by a battleship. 5/3/1991 Missouri moored at the Pearl Harbor Naval Station. 5/6/1991 Missouri enroute to Long Beach in company with the...
Missouri on station in the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm air war and ground war. Between January 16 and March 3, Missouri fired 28 Tomahawk missiles and 759 16-inch projectiles.
1/1/1991 Missouri en route to Persian Gulf 1/3/1991 Missouri transited the Straight of Hormuz. 1/5/1991 Missouri at anchor at Manama, Bahrain. 1/12/1991 A deeply divided congress gave President Bush the authority to wage war in the Persian Gulf. 1/16/1991 Operation...
