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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Missouri (BB-63) in 1945

This page features overall views of USS Missouri during 1945.

In January 1945, Missouri arrived in the Pacific war zone and soon began seven months of active combat combat operations, mainly with the fast carrier task forces. In May, she became flagship of Admiral William F. Halsey's Third Fleet, retaining that role through the War's end, which formally took place on 2 September 1945, when the instrument of Japan's surrender was signed on her deck.

Additional 1945 overall views of Missouri will be found in the pages:
USS Missouri, World War II Actions and Activities;
Formal Surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945 and
USS Missouri at the New York Navy Day Fleet Review, October 1945.

For links to further picture coverage on USS Missouri, see the ship's cover page: USS Missouri, Selected Views.

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

Photo #: 80-G-316036

USS Missouri (BB-63)


At sea in the Pacific, circa early 1945, as seen from USS Intrepid (CV-11).
This photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Science Laboratory on 28 April 1945.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 480 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: NH 82812

USS Missouri (BB-63)


Rounding the east end of Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, in late September 1945.
Photographed from the top of the Makalapa Administration Building.

Copied from United States Naval Administration in World War II, Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, Appendix Volume I.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 45919

USS Missouri (BB-63)


Steams past Diamond Head, Oahu, after she departed Pearl Harbor en route to New York, 29 September 1945.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Note: Holes at bottom and left side of image are in the original print. Reproductions can be cropped to eliminate them.

Online Image: 118KB; 740 x 605 pixels

 
Photo #: 80-G-701369

USS Missouri (BB-63)


In the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 13 October 1945, while en route from the Pacific to New York City to take part in Navy Day celebrations.
Note the close fit of the ship in the locks. The beam of battleships of this era was determined by Panama Canal lock dimensions.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 127KB; 595 x 765 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 

Additional 1945 overall views of Missouri will be found in the pages:
USS Missouri, World War II Actions and Activities;
Formal Surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945 and
USS Missouri at the New York Navy Day Fleet Review, October 1945.

For links to further picture coverage on USS Missouri, see the ship's cover page: USS Missouri, Selected Views.


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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10 January 1999