Photo: Brooklyn Public Library via
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14]
The
Missouri hits the water for the first time. The "Mighty Mo
reached the Pacific in time to participate in the last campaigns of the war,
including Iwo Jima. It was the last battleship to enter the fleet of any
nation. The battleship era, which began with the construction of the
Maine
at BNY, ended at the same spot 50 years later."[
14,p.98]