With the Japanese surrender at hand ... The pilot had radioed the Missouri about his approach and watched as the battleship’s ...

Q: What happened on Sept. 2, 1945? A: A formal signing of Japan’s surrender was held aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where in 1854 Navy Commodore Matthew Perry had signed a ...

After witnessing the Japanese surrender, Idaho was decommissioned in 1946 and sold for scrap in 1947, marking an ignominious ...

Launched in 1944, the USS Missouri (or "Mighty Mo") is best known for hosting a meeting between Allied and Axis representatives that led to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II.

The HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship and the most advanced ... where it hosted the signing of the Japanese surrender. The German Bismarck-class Tirpitz was a behemoth ...

Hideaki Anno is creating a new Space Battleship Yamato film. What is the enduring legacy of this series in Japan? Part of the reason I was asked to contribute to the Answerman column is because I ...