What You Need to Know: The USS Missouri, an iconic Iowa-class battleship, played a pivotal role in U.S. naval history, serving in World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War. Notably, Japan's ...

A commissioning ceremony will be held at a Connecticut shipyard as the first submarine to bear the USS Iowa name becomes an ...

The submarine named for the state of Iowa officially will be accepted into service at 9 a.m. Iowa time April 5 into the U.S.

The hour-long documentary SURRENDER ON THE USS MISSOURI focuses on those who witnessed the official Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, ending World War II. Through interviews with those who ...

Launched in 1944, the USS Missouri (or "Mighty Mo") is best known for hosting a meeting between Allied and Axis representatives that led to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II.

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...

the USS Missouri, and a post commissioning celebration will include many foods from the Iowa State Fair — including, of ...

Aboard the USS Missouri, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu signed the Instrument of Surrender. The two men were later convicted of war crimes.

Like the Battleship Missouri Memorial, the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum (formerly the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park) sits in Pearl Harbor. This historic vessel, which went on nine patrols ...