[mabarker1]

Its deck was a “frontrunner” to serve as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, but after FDR died and was succeeded by President Harry Truman, the ceremony instead took place on the USS Missouri, the ship named for the new president’s home state.

Interesting this is the first time I've heard about this. I guess political correctness was in earlier than I knew. I guess it kinda makes "sense" based upon the posturing in politics.

I was thinking about the 16" Gun Turret Accident that occurred. But I was mistaken because that actually happened on the Sister Ship, USS Iowa killing 42 and injured another 16 out of 58 Crew Members in the USS Iowa's #2 Gun Turret. The Accident occurred on 19 April, 1989. And that is a very busy and sometimes very unfortunate date in American History at times.

🇺🇸🙏May God Bless All of America's fallen Heroes throughout the History of Our Country.🙏🇺🇸

Torpedo Shot from USS Iowa in 1899 Surfaces.

[Lockbox]

My father was on the 1st American ship, a Destroyer into Tokyo Bay at the end of WWII. The US Navy did not trust the Japanese and did not want to lose the Battleship Missouri. So in went the little Destroyer….