Commissioned

5/6/1986 Missouri moored at San Francisco. On May 10, Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger placed the Missouri into commission. Captain Albert Lee Kaiss, USN assumed command.
5/10/1986 Moored at San Francisco, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger placed the Missouri into commission for the second time. Captain Albert L. Kaiss, USN, assumed command.
6/20/1986 Missouri moored at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Captain James A. Carney, USN, relieved Captain Albert Lee Kaiss, USN, as commanding officer.