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

USS Missouri (BB-63) in 1950-55

This page features overall views of USS Missouri taken from 1950 until the ship decommissioned in February 1955.

During these years, Missouri was part of the Atlantic Fleet. However, she made two Korean War combat tours, one in 1950-51 and another in 1952-53, serving as Seventh Fleet flagship on both occasions and providing major caliber gunfire support to United Nations forces. She was also employed as a training ship for Naval Academy Midshipmen, carrying them on a number of visits to European ports.

In August 1954, Missouri was transferred to the Pacific Coast to be inactivated. She decommissioned on 26 February 1955 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, where she remained in reserve for the next three decades.

Additional 1950-55 overall views of Missouri will be found in the pages:
USS Missouri, Gunfire and Gunnery after 1945; and
USS Missouri, Grounding in January 1950.

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 #: NH 44532

USS Missouri (BB-63)


Underway at sea during fleet maneuvers, March 1950.
Original print was dated 28 March 1950. However, the photo was probably taken some days earlier.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 

Photo #: 80-G-476437

USS Missouri (BB-63)


Operating off the Virginia Capes as part of Task Group 22.1, 2 May 1950.
An aircraft carrier and a heavy cruiser are steaming in the background.

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

Online Image: 146KB; 740 x 620 pixels

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

 

Photo #: NH 44531

USS Missouri (BB-63)


At sea, June 1950.
A destroyer's foremast and stacks are visible beyond Missouri's after gun turret.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 

Photo #: 80-G-421372

USS Missouri (BB-63)


Anchored in the outer harbor of Wonsan, Korea, 25 October 1950.
A British destroyer is in the right background.

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

Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

 

Photo #: NH 96790

USS Missouri (BB-63)


Moving slowly in close ashore at Wonsan, Korea, to deliver gunfire on enemy positions, 7 February 1953.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 615 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 96791

USS Missouri (BB-63)


Steams away from Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia, 23 August 1954, en route to Bremerton, Washington, to be decommissioned.
Sailors and Navy families are watching her departure from the fantail of USS Iowa (BB-61).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 615 pixels

 

Additional 1950-55 overall views of Missouri will be found in the pages:
USS Missouri, Gunfire and Gunnery after 1945; and
USS Missouri, Grounding in January 1950.

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

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New image added 19 May 1999