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USS Missouri BB-63
This is the classic Revell kit of the Battleship Missouri that
WWII ended on it's decks with the Japanese Surrender, Sept. 1945.
This is a beginners to intermediate kit# BB107 - 19.95
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- Strikes on Hokkaido and northern Honshu resumed 9 August 1945, the
day the second atomic bomb was dropped. Next day, at 2054, Missouri's men were
electrified by the unofficial news that Japan was ready to surrender, provided that the
Emperor's prerogatives as a sovereign ruler were not compromised. Not until 0745, 15
August, was word received that President Truman had announced Japan's acceptance of
unconditional surrender.
- Adm. Sir Bruce Fraser, RN (Commander, British Pacific Fleet)
boarded Missouri 16 August, and conferred the order Knight of the British Empire
upon Admiral Halsey. Missouri transferred a landing party of 200 officers and men
to battleship Iowa for temporary duty with the initial occupation force for Tokyo
21 August. Missouri herself entered Tokyo Bay early 29 August to prepare for the
normal surrender ceremony.
- High-ranking military officials of all the Allied Powers were
received on board 2 September. Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz boarded shortly after 0800, and
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (Supreme Commander for the Allies) came on board at
0843. The Japanese representatives, headed by Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, arrived
at 0856. At 0902 General MacArthur stepped before a battery of microphones and the
23-minute surrender ceremony was broadcast to the waiting world. By 0930 the Japanese
emissaries had departed.
- The afternoon of 5 September Admiral Halsey transferred his flag
to battleship South Dakota. Early next day Missouri departed Tokyo Bay to
receive homeward bound passengers at Guam, thence sailed unescorted for Hawaii. She
arrived Pearl Harbor 20 September and flew Admiral Nimitz' flag on the afternoon of 28
September for a reception.
- The next day Missouri departed Pearl Harbor bound for the
eastern seaboard of the United States. She reached New York City 23 October and broke the
flag of Adm. Jonas Ingram, commander in chief, Atlantic Fleet. Missouri boomed out
a 21-gun salute 27 October as President Truman boarded for Navy day ceremonies. In his
address the President stated that "control of our sea approaches and of the skies
above them is still the key to our freedom and to our ability to help enforce the peace of
the world."
