World War I
Upon the entry of the United States into World War I, Missouri recommissioned on 23 April 1917, joined the Atlantic Fleet at Yorktown, Virginia and operated as a training ship in the Chesapeake Bay area. On 26 August, Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman broke his flag in Missouri as Commander, Division 2, Atlantic Fleet, and the warship continued to train thousands of recruits in engineering and gunnery for foreign service on warships and as armed guards for merchant vessels.
Following the Armistice, the battleship was attached to the Cruiser and Transport Force, departing Norfolk on 18 February 1919 on the first of four voyages to Brest, France to return 3,278 US troops to east coast ports. Missouri decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 8 September. She was sold to J.G. Hitner and W.F. Cutler of Philadelphia on 26 January 1922 and scrapped in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty limiting naval armaments.
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