8.2M views · 7K reactions | #OTD in 1944, USS Missouri (BB-63) was commissioned and became the last U.S. Navy battleship to be built. USS Wisconsin (BB-64) had a higher hull number but was completed before the Missouri. USS Illinois (BB-65) and USS Kentucky (BB-66) had been laid down but were canceled when the Navy shifted priority to aircraft carrier construction. This is the "Mighty Mo" demonstrating her fury in 1991. | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook

6.7K views · 228 reactions | Eyewitness to history. #WWII veteran Doris Neumann Rixe visits the Battleship Missouri Memorial. A senior in high school during the Pearl Harbor attack, Rixe, would go on to join the U.S. Navy This month, she was finally able to visit the historical site that was instrumental in her service. #KnowYourMil | U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) | Facebook

America's Mightiest Battleship - USS Missouri _Mighty Mo_ #battleship #missouri #usnavy | Mil Tech