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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Missouri (BB-63) in 1946-49

This page features overall views of USS Missouri taken from 1946 through 1949.

During the four years following World War II, Missouri remained part of the active Navy and was the only battleship still in service by mid-1949. During this time, she took part in regular fleet exercises and made several training cruises with Naval Reservists and U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen.

Missouri also served in diplomatic roles. In the Spring of 1946, she made an important cruise to Turkey, Greece and other Mediterranean nations to demonstrate United States interest in that area during a time of political turmoil. In September 1947, she steamed to South America to bring President Harry S. Truman home from an inter-American security conference.

Additional 1946-49 overall views of Missouri will be found in the page:
USS Missouri, Gunfire and Gunnery after 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 Online Library's digital images, see "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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Photo #: 80-G-K-9343 (Color)

USS Missouri (BB-63)


Anchored off Piraeus, Greece, April 1946.

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

Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 510 pixels

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

 

Photo #: 80-G-366527

USS Missouri (BB-63)


Anchored in Fabiron Bay, Piraeus, Greece, 10 April 1946.

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

Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

 

Photo #: 80-G-387418

USS Missouri (BB-63)


Arriving at the Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with President Harry S. Truman and his party on board, 19 September 1947. She is manning the rails in his honor.
USS Itara (YTB-391) is pushing on the battleship's port bow.

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

Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

 

Photo #: NH 96785

USS Missouri (BB-63)


In port, circa 1948, with a motor launch full of U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen passing by in the foreground.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 615 pixels

 

Additional 1946-49 overall views of Missouri will be found in the page:
USS Missouri, Gunfire and Gunnery after 1945.

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

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12 January 1999