USS Missouri
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named
USS
Missouri
in honor of the state of Missouri:
USS
Missouri
(1841)
, a sidewheel frigate launched in 1841 and destroyed by fire in August 1843
USS
Missouri
(BB-11)
, a
Maine
-class battleship in service from 1900 to 1922.
USS
Missouri
(BB-63)
, an
Iowa
-class battleship in service (variably) from 1944 to 1992; site of the official Japanese surrender of World War II; now a floating war memorial at
Naval Base Pearl Harbor
, Hawaii
USS
Missouri
(SSN-780)
, a
Virginia
-class submarine commissioned in 2010