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

See also

SS Missouri, several merchant ships with this name

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