Naval Vessels
Four US Navy vessels have been named after the state.
- USS Missouri (1841), a sidewheel frigate launched in 1841 and destroyed by fire in 1843
- USS Missouri (BB-11), a Maine-class battleship in service from 1900 to 1922
- USS Missouri (BB-63), an Iowa-class battleship in service from 1944 to 1998; site of the official Japanese surrender of World War II; decommissioned in 1998; now a floating war memorial at Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii
- USS Missouri (SSN-780), a Virginia-class submarine joined the fleet after a commissioning ceremony July 31, 2010 at the Naval Submarine Base New London.
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Famous quotes containing the words naval and/or vessels:
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941Ma date that will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“First, there is the power of the Wind, constantly exerted over the globe.... Here is an almost incalculable power at our disposal, yet how trifling the use we make of it! It only serves to turn a few mills, blow a few vessels across the ocean, and a few trivial ends besides. What a poor compliment do we pay to our indefatigable and energetic servant!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)