The U.S.S. Missouri is currently located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It is docked at Ford Island and is open for tours daily, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For current ticket information and an in-depth history of the U.S.S. Missouri, refer to the U.S.S. Missouri Memorial Association website.

Facts about the U.S.S. Missouri

• Built at the New York Naval Shipyard (Brooklyn, NewYork)
• Keel was laid on January 16, 1941
• Launched on January 29, 1944 (by Margaret Truman)
• Commissioned on June 11, 1944
• Left San Francicso Bay for WWII duty on December 14, 1944
• Peace Treaty ending WWII signed on board in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945
• Decommissioned on February 26, 1955
• Recommissioned on May 10, 1986
• Decommissioned again on March 31, 1992
• Arrived in Pearl Harbor on June 22, 1998
• Battleship Missouri Memorial and Museum opened on January 29, 1999