Please take a moment for reflection
It could be said that the USS Arizona represents 7 Dec 1941 to Americans, and I think it is fair to say that it also represents the beginning of WWII in our mental image of history.
The battleship USS Missouri was the last US battleship built; she was launched in 1944, fought in the Pacific Theater of WWII, then Korea and finally in Desert Storm. She was in active service until 1992.
The surrender document that ended WWII was signed on the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, on 2 Sept. 1945 and so would mark the end of the war for most of us I think. A while back I was wondering where the Missouri ended up- a lot of states end up with their namesake capital ship as a museum ship but as Missouri is a land- locked state, I took a quick look and found that it had been decommissioned and moved to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The USS Missouri is now moored on the far side of the harbor from the USS Airizona (memorial), bow on, 'standing watch' over the Arizona. I could not think of a better place for the Missouri to reside.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Missouri_looking_forward.jpg
Brian
It could be said that the USS Arizona represents 7 Dec 1941 to Americans, and I think it is fair to say that it also represents the beginning of WWII in our mental image of history.
The battleship USS Missouri was the last US battleship built; she was launched in 1944, fought in the Pacific Theater of WWII, then Korea and finally in Desert Storm. She was in active service until 1992.
The surrender document that ended WWII was signed on the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, on 2 Sept. 1945 and so would mark the end of the war for most of us I think. A while back I was wondering where the Missouri ended up- a lot of states end up with their namesake capital ship as a museum ship but as Missouri is a land- locked state, I took a quick look and found that it had been decommissioned and moved to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The USS Missouri is now moored on the far side of the harbor from the USS Airizona (memorial), bow on, 'standing watch' over the Arizona. I could not think of a better place for the Missouri to reside.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Missouri_looking_forward.jpg
Brian