[SandRat]

It's an interesting story if you skip the tour cost stuff in it.

Some nice photos at the link too of the MO and the USS Arizona Memorial.

[ken5050]

I've visited the Arizona Memorial 4 times over the years, since the mid 60's..what amazed me every time was that easily 2/3's of the visitors were Japanese..

[NavyCanDo]

My Father served aboard the battleship USS Mississippi (BB 41) The stories he had told me when I was a young boy was facinating. They supported the Marine landings on the island of Peleliu, the liberations of the Philippines, shelling the east coast of Leyte Gulf and supporting the landings of General Douglas MacArthur’s troops, then destroying a mighty Japanese task force at the mouth of Surigao Straight which to this day remains the largest naval battle in history. The Mississippi was hit by kamikaze's twice, once in the Philippines and again while shelling Shuri Castle on Okinawa. My Dad's best friend was killed in one of these kamikaze attacks.
The Mississippi was sold for scrap in 1956, but for my dad And the men to whom she was so good never forgot her. All five of my Dad's children recall that the first word he taught us to spell was
M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i., and there is no doubt why.

[Wolverine]

 

For those that are interested in how Pearl Harbor was investigated beginning in late 1945 and lasting till May 1946. 

 

A chronological chart of the investigations from the "Dorn Report".
Use a hyperlinked map of the Investigations to navigate or scroll down.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/file_map.html

The "NINE INVESTIGATIONS" in chronological order:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/invest.html

 

The Knox Investigation http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/knox/knox_0.html
Dec. 9-14, 1941. 

The Roberts Commission http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/roberts/roberts.html
Dec. 18-January-23, 1941
 
The Hart Investigation http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/hart/hart-00.html
Feb. 12-June 15, 1944
 
The Army Pearl Harbor Board http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/army/chap_0.html
Jul. 20-Oct. 20, 1944
 
The Navy Court of Inquiry http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/navy/navy_0.html
Jul. 24-Oct. 19, 1944. 
 
The Clarke Investigation http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/clarke/clarke_0.html
Aug. 4-Sep 20, 1944 
 
The Clausen Investigation
http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/clausen/clausen.html
Jan. 24-Sep. 12, 1945 
 
The Hewitt Inquiry http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/hewitt/hewitt-0.html
May 14-July 11, 1945
 
The Joint Congressional Committee
http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/congress/part_0.html
Nov. 15, 1945-May 23, 1946 
==========================
Suggested research path:

The Joint Congressional Committee
http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/congress/part_0.html
Table of Contents gives a good over-view of the Report
and the Report itself refers back to the previous reports.

The Pearl Harbor Investigation Listing
http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/invest.html
including the Joint Congressional Committee report and
the other eight official investigations
into the attack.

The Listing of Additional Files
http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/extra.html
Holds several items that are of interest but weren't included in all of the
proceedings.

Naval Historical Center Images of Pearl Harbor
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm

Photographic collections related to Pearl Harbor
http://ibiblio.org/pha/images/index.html

A Chronological Collection of Documents Relating to the U.S. Entry Into WWII
http://ibiblio.org/pha/timeline/  (Four parts)
    Magic intercepts listed in the Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings.
    Communications between Washington and the US embassy in Tokyo, other
    relevant US documents.
    International chronology, listing various documents from around the world
    Military document chronology, listing important military plans, studies and   communications.

Japanese Operational Monograph  No. 97  PEARL HARBOR OPERATIONS:

General Outline of Orders and Plans http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/myths/jm-097.html
was rewritten in English by the Japanese Research Division, Military History
Section, Headquarters, Army Forces Far East and is based on the translation
of the Japanese original.

Pearl Harbor Revisionism
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3682/phrevisionism.html
First Order revisionism holds President Franklin D. Roosevelt personally
responsible for the debacle at Pearl Harbor and regards him as having used
the incident as a means to get the United States involved in the War and
subsequently used the Hawaiian commanders as scapegoats to shift public
attention away from the activities of the Administration.

[GATOR NAVY]

...and marvel at the 1,200 foot-long anchor...

That's one hell of an anchor!

I went on MISSOURI a few times when I was a kid. It was mothballed in Bremerton, WA at the time. Never went aboard after it was reactivated in the '80s, but I did get on NEW JERSEY a few times. Pretty impressive. It's good to see MISSOURI's being well taken care of.

[VOA]

"Touring the 'Mighty Mo' (Pearl Harbor Day coming up)"

SandRat,
Thanks for the post.
Even if you're "killin' me" as I'm a "graduate of the Tripler Army Hospital
baby-factory...but haven't been in Hawaii since about age 6 months!

[VOA]

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/starmedia/49489

link to the photos page...

Heck, if I was some high-powerered politico, I'd rather be rewarded with a
night in the bunks of the Missouri than a night in the Lincoln Bedroom...

[MississippiMan]

1,200 foot-long anchor

Surely that's a typo. An ANCHOR that's four football fields long? The links in the chain to hold that baby would weigh far more than 110 pounds each.

MM

[VOA]

"Another option for visitors is the Encampment Program, which allows children and
adults to spend the night on board, eating on the mess deck and sleeping in the
minuscule bunks - also known as "coffin racks." The program was suspended after
the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks but recently has been reinstated. "

That'll teach me to "read before posting" (see my dumb-@$$ post #9).
I think the aircraft carrier Hornet in San Francisco area has a similar program.