Post by Richard Patterson on Sept 10, 2010 20:14:32 GMT -5
Name:USS Missouri ( BB-63 )Unit Type:Battleship
Unit Affiliation:The United States of America, the Third Fleet ( I'll get around to making that )
Total Displacement:45,000 tons
Powerplant: Two Nuclear Reactors ( updated from 8 boilers and four geared steam turbines )
Armerments:9 × 16 in (410 mm)/50 cal Mark 7 guns, 12 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal Mark 12 guns, 32 × BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles,16 × RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship missiles, and 4 × 20 mm/76 cal Phalanx CIWS, AN/SLQ-32, AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Decoy System, 8 x Mark 36 SRBOC Super Rapid Bloom Rocket Launchers
Crew:1,851
Comissioned:Recommissioned in 2024
Decomissioned2070:
History/Background: Best known as the ship that was the stage of the surrender of the Empire of Japan to the United States, effectively ending World War II, the USS Missouri was first commissioned in June 1944. It provided support for the invasion fleet heading to Iwo Jima with her main guns. It attacked the Japanese mainland from the Inland Sea, shooting down four of their aircraft. The Missouri also bombarded the shores of Okinawa as a prelude to the invasion. The ship later made raids on the Japanese home islands. The Missouri saw action during the Korean War from 1950-1955. Thirty years later, the ship was updated and re-commissioned in San Francisco. It took part in the Gulf War and served as a museum ship for the past fourteen years until President Patterson ordered it re-commissioned.
