When it comes to legendary American battleships, the USS Missouri (BB-63) perhaps takes the cake as the most battle-tested. The Iowa-class warship was built for the U.S. Navy in the 1940s and ...

The retired USS Missouri, the Navy's last battleship, is labeled BB-63. The active submarine with the same name is designated as SSN-780. Since the numbers are sequential, it's easy to get an ide ...

A special exhibit aboard the battleship USS Missouri has a heart-wrenching perspective on what it is like for a fighter pilot preparing to die for his country.

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 ...

The USS Missouri at the moment it was about to be hit by a Japanese A6M Zero Kamikaze while operating off Okinawa on April 11, 1945. The plane hit the ship’s side below the main deck ...

The report noted that Hawaii is one of only five states in the country to meet 10 out of 10 benchmarks for preschool quality. According to OCCC officials, inmate John Mahaulu, 38, left his cell on ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack ...

A Japanese Zero fighter plane hits the USS Missouri on April 11, 1945, in waters off Okinawa, Japan. This April 3 photo taken at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii ...

USS Missouri Kamikaze Attack This image provided by the U.S. National Archives shows a scan of a photo of a Japanese Zero fighter plane hitting the USS Missouri in waters off Okinawa, Japan on ...