4.4K views · 536 reactions | #OTD in 1944, USS Missouri (BB-63) was launched. The "Mighty Mo" would become the last battleship commissioned by the U.S. Navy and later serve as the platform upon which Japan surrendered. She was decommissioned in 1955, recommissioned in 1986 and decommissioned again in 1992. | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook

USS Missouri (BB-63), also known as "Mighty Mo," was launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on January 29, 1944. Construction on the battleship had begun on January 6, 1941. It was the last of the Iowa-class battleships and was commissioned on June 11, 1944. The ship's sponsor and christening figure was Margaret Truman, daughter of then-Senator Harry S. Truman. #military | MilitaryPhotoDepot