by Mark LoProto | Jul 23, 2018 | Battleships, USS Missouri, USS Missouri Tours
Construction of USS Missouri (BB-63) began almost a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, but it wasn’t until June 11, 1944, that she was commissioned into the United States Navy. She entered service at the tail end of World War II, but that was only one of several...
by Mark LoProto | Mar 5, 2018 | Pearl Harbor News, USS Missouri
Over the course of her years as a museum ship, the Battleship Missouri has been subjected to the natural conditions of Pearl Harbor and wear and tear from her millions of visitors. To ensure she would always look her best, the Mighty Mo recently completed her largest...
by Mark LoProto | Feb 12, 2018 | Pacific Aviation Museum, USS Arizona Memorial, USS Bowfin, USS Missouri, Visiting Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, a fleet of Japanese fighters and bombers flew into Hawaiian airspace, with the US naval base at Pearl Harbor as its primary target. The two-hour attack was a tragedy forever ingrained in American history. Today, this world-changing event and the...
by Mark LoProto | Jan 13, 2018 | Kids at Pearl Harbor, Pacific Aviation Museum, USS Bowfin, USS Missouri, Visiting Pearl Harbor
Visiting Pearl Harbor includes dealing with some heavy themes that some parents may worry are too much for their kids. From the losses suffered that day to the war that followed, it can difficult for younger minds to fully comprehend, but that doesn’t mean they can’t...
by Mark LoProto | Dec 21, 2017 | Battleships, USS Missouri
On June 11, 1944, the USS Missouri (BB-63) joined the hundreds of other ships on the US Naval Vessel Register. For the next 15 months, she would serve in the Pacific Theater, battling the persistent Imperial Japanese Navy as the Allies started to dominate in the...
by Mark LoProto | Nov 29, 2017 | Pearl Harbor Memorials, Pearl Harbor Today, USS Arizona Memorial, USS Missouri, USS Oklahoma Memorial
More than 75 years have passed since the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. On the morning of December 7th, 1941, the American naval base awoke to the sound of gunfire and explosions, the signs of an attack it didn’t know was coming. Forces of the Imperial Japanese...
