Site of Japan's official surrender to the United States and the end of World War II.
Surrender signed on the 01 deck of the Missouri on September 2, 1945.Present Location: Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
USS Missouri Specifications:
Class: Iowa class battleship
Length: 887 feet 3 inches
Beam: 108 feet 3 inches
Draft: 34 feet 9 1/4 inches
Weight: 58,000 tons (full load) 45,000 tons (unloaded)
Speed: In excess of 30 knots (35 mph)
Boilers: Eight 600 PSI Babcock & Wilcox
Main Engines: Four geared General Electric turbines
Tank Capacity: 2.5 million gallons of fuel oil
30,000 gallons of aviation fuel
239,000 gallons of fresh water
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