To mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the Battleship Texas Foundation is offering "Normandy Tours" of the ship, which is ...

When the USS Missouri was laid down in 1941, tensions in the Pacific were nearly about to peak. Notably, the Mighty Mo was the final battleship to be commissioned by the U.S. Navy. During its ...

In a solemn ceremony aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial, United States and Japanese dignitaries, military leaders, and grandchildren of the ship's first commanding officer came together to ...

The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot, but none of the battleship's crew members were badly hurt. The Missouri's captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of ...

(U.S. National Archives photo no. 80-G-273955 via AP) This April 3, 2025, photo taken at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, shows fragments of the Japanese Zero fighter that ...

During World War II, a Japanese pilot crashed into the USS Missouri. The ship's captain, William Callaghan, ordered a military burial for the pilot. This act of compassion is remembered today.