2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when documents were signed officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. It’s known as V-J Day ...

With the Japanese surrender at hand, the world’s attention centered on the admiral’s flagship, the USS Missouri, chosen as ...

A long-lost legendary Naval submarine has finally been found — more than 80 years after it was torpedoed by Japanese forces. The USS Harder ... t survive to see Japan surrender just days later ...

The Portland-class USS ... Missouri served in the Pacific theater in the assault on Iwo Jima and the Japanese islands before arriving in Tokyo Bay, where it hosted the signing of the Japanese ...

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.