What You Need to Know: The USS Missouri, an iconic Iowa-class ... Despite suffering kamikaze attacks, the Missouri endured multiple wars, firing thousands of shells in key battles.

Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Setsuo Ishino, age 19, took off from Kanoya Air Base in Japan’s Kago­shima prefecture. He was ...

The Iowa-class battleships, the last and largest battleships built by the U.S. Navy, played a crucial role during the Korean War. -Reactivated from reserve status, the USS Missouri, Iowa, New Jersey, ...

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 ...