USS Missouri bio

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Name: Missouri

Nickname: Mighty Mo

Motto
"Strength for Freedom"

Originated from: World of Warships: Legends

Looks:

Laid down:6 January 1941

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Laid down:
6 January 1941

Launched
29 January 1944

Sponsored by
Margaret Truman

Commissioned
11 June 1944

Decommissioned
26 February 1955

Identification
Hull number: BB-63

Recommissioned
10 May 1986

Decommissioned
31 March 1992

Stricken
12 January 1995

General characteristics (as built) 1944

Class and type
Iowa-class battleship

Displacement
57,540 long tons (58,460 t) (full load)

Length
887 ft 3 in (270.4 m) (o/a)

Beam
108 ft 2 in (33 m)

Draft
37 ft 9 in (11.5 m)

Installed power
8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
212,000 shp (158,000 kW)

Propulsion
4 × geared steam turbines
4 × screw propellers

Speed
32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)

Range
15,000 nmi (28,000 km; 17,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Complement
117 officers, 1,804 enlisted men (designed)

Sensors and
processing systems
1 × SK-2 early-warning radar
2 × SG surface-search radars
2 × Mk-8 fire-control radars
4 × Mk-12 fire-control radars
4 × Mk-22 height-finder radars
1 × Mk-27 fire-control radar

Armament
3 × triple 16 in (406 mm) guns

10 × twin 5 in (127 mm) DP guns

10 × quadruple 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns

49 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns

Armor
Waterline belt: 12.1 in (307 mm)

Bulkheads: 14.5 in (368 mm)

Barbettes: 11.6–17.3 in (295–439 mm)

Turrets: 19.7 in (500 mm)

Decks: 4.75–6.2 in (121–157 mm)

Commader:

Captain William Callaghan (as the first captain of USS Missouri bb-63 during WW2)

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