The new Missouri is the fifth naval ship to bear the name.
The first USS Missouri was an steam-powered warship.
The second was actually the CSS Missouri, a Confederate ironclad. After capture, it was taken into the US Navy, but never commissioned because it was in such bad shape.
The third was a Maine-Class battleship commissioned in 1903.
The fourth was the famous Mighty Mo on which the Japanese surrendered ending World War II and today a memorial in Pearl Harbor tied up near the USS Arizona (where the war began for the US).
VIRGINIA-CLASS NUCLEAR SUBMARINES
Now that the age of battleships have passed, our nuclear submarines are named after states. There will be a total of twenty submarines in this new class. Six are already commissioned in service, now seven with the Missouri.
The others are the Virginia, Texas, Hawaii, North Carolina, New Hampshire and New Mexico.
A Glorious Name. --DaCoot
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