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Commanding Officers of the USS Missouri (BB-63)
Captain William M. Callaghan, USN - June 11, 1944 - May 14, 1945
Captain Stuart S. Murray, USN - May 14, 1945 - November 6, 1945
Captain Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, USN - November 6, 1945 - May 31, 1946
Captain Tom B. Hill, USN - May 31, 1946 - April 2, 1947
Captain Robert L. Dennison, USN - April 2, 1947 - January 23, 1948
Commander John B. Colwell, USN - January 23, 1948 - February 24, 1948
Captain James H. Thach, Jr., USN - February 24, 1948 - February 5, 1949
Captain Harold P. Smith, USN - February 5, 1949 - December 10, 1949
Captain William D. Brown, USN - December 10, 1949 - February 3, 1950
Commander George E. Peckham, USN - February 3, 1950 - February 7, 1950
Captain Harold P. Smith, USN - February 7, 1950 - April 19, 1950
Captain Irving T. Duke, USN - April 19, 1950 - March 2, 1951
Captain George T. Wright, USN - March 2, 1951 - October 18, 1951
Captain John Sylvester, USN - October 18, 1951 - September 4, 1952
Captain Warner R. Edsall, USN - September 4, 1952 - March 26, 1953
Commander James R. North, USN - March 26, 1953 - April 4, 1953
Captain Robert Brodie, Jr., USN - April 4, 1953 - April 1, 1954
Captain Robert T. S. Keith, USN - April 1, 1954 - September 18, 1954
Commander James R. North, USN - September 18, 1954 - February 26, 1955
Captain Albert Lee Kaiss, USN - May 10, 1986 - June 20, 1986
Captain James A. Carney, USN - June 20, 1986 - July 6, 1988
Captain John J. Chernesky, USN - July 6, 1988 - June 13, 1990
Captain Albert Lee Kaiss, USN - June 13, 1990 - March 31, 1992
All Commanding Officers were Regular Navy.
Three Commanding Officers were full Commanders, previously the Executive
Officer.
One Commander served twice as Commanding Officer.
Three Captains served twice as Commanding Officer.
Captain Kaiss is the only Commanding Officer in history to put a US Navy ship
into commission, and take the same ship out of commission. He is also the last
Commanding Officer of a Battleship and in essence, the last Battleship Sailor.
He was the last sailor to leave the ship on March 31, 1992.
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I have a white box with two flags when you open it there are cigaretts with missouri written on them
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USS Missouri.
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The USS Missouri is part of the museum at Pearl Harbor.
The battleship where japense officially signed the surrender?
USS Missouri
Japanese representatives signed a treaty of surrender while aboard the uss?
The Japanese surrender was signed on the foredeck of USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay.
Where Japan signed the terms of surrender of World War 2?
The USS Missouri, a US battleship from the war.
What are 2 museums in Hawaii?
The USS Missouri and the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum.
What kind of vehicle was Missouri?
The USS Missouri was an Iowa class battleship.
What was the battleship that Japan surrendered on?
USS Missouri.
What was the nickname of the USS Missouri?
The USS Missouri was nicknamed Big Mo and was the official site for the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII.
In which battleship Japanese surrendered on September 2 1945?
They surrendered on her deck; USS Missouri, an Iowa Class Battleship.
How many people did the USS Missouri carry?
The USS Missouri most likely had a war time complement of about 3,000 crewmen. But if it were an emergency, and the vessel had to rescue people at sea from another sinking ship, with people crammed upon it's decks, etc. It could probably hold 20,000 people, when placed thru-out the ship.
What was the first cruiser to land on hiroshima?
The USS Missouri.
