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THE PACIFIC WAR: Sept. 2, 1945 - USS MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay. Collection of Alan Meade, RAN 1943-1946.
3773. Of the Iowa class that were the four largest surviving battleships in the world, the 45,000 ton USS MISSOURI had been commissioned on June 11, 1944. Now a Museum at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, she was the last battleship completed by the United States.
Appropriately for the surrender ceremony, she was named for President Harry S. Truman's home State.
There were 258 ships in Tokyo Bay for the surrender, including at least 14 RAN - Cruisers SHROPSHIREe and HOBART, destroyers WARRAMUNGA, BATAAN, NAPIER, NIZAM, NEPAL, NORMAN, QUIBERON, and QUICKMATCH. corvettes BALLARAT, IPSWICH, CESSNOCK and PIRIE.
Photo: Collection of Alan Meade, RAN 1943-1946, it is from Alan's wartime HMAS Shropshire photo album. From a disc, with permission.
THE PACIFIC WAR: Sept. 2, 1945 - USS MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay. Collection of Alan Meade, RAN 1943-1946.
3773. Of the Iowa class that were the four largest surviving battleships in the world, the 45,000 ton USS MISSOURI had been commissioned on June 11, 1944. Now a Museum at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, she was the last battleship completed by the United States.
Appropriately for the surrender ceremony, she was named for President Harry S. Truman's home State.
There were 258 ships in Tokyo Bay for the surrender, including at least 14 RAN - Cruisers SHROPSHIREe and HOBART, destroyers WARRAMUNGA, BATAAN, NAPIER, NIZAM, NEPAL, NORMAN, QUIBERON, and QUICKMATCH. corvettes BALLARAT, IPSWICH, CESSNOCK and PIRIE.
Photo: Collection of Alan Meade, RAN 1943-1946, it is from Alan's wartime HMAS Shropshire photo album. From a disc, with permission.