Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE: > (Dec. 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Washington COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACIES Kitsao INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY
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^ OWNERS NAME: Cointander of United States Navy Pasifie Reserre Fleet UJ STREET AND NUMBER: LLJ Pucet Sound Naval Shipyard CITY OR TOWN: STATE: CODE IS* STATE: Bremerton Wash. ^ -,
COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Washington GoiaMander of Paaifie Reserve Fleet STREET AND NUMBER: Pu$et Sound Naval Shipyard Cl TY OR TOWN: STATE CODE COUNTY: -Bremerton Wash. 98S10 £"3 Kitsap APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY:
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DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (It known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Part of mothball fleet at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
The ship is presently under the eomnand of The Pa«ifie Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton Wash. There iir parking spaaes for approximately twenty five *ars at the head of the mooring do@£ for visitors. One large room is open on the Quarter Deeic whi@h has maps and documents on display, also dishes and utensils from the offieers' mess. A reeording is given by pressing a button, whieh gives a brief| history of the ship. This is adjaeent to the Surrender Plaque, Bronze plaques are also near by giving historic information. m The ship is in state ©f preservation with "igloos" and/or m "eo«oons" ©overing the smaller guns and instruments. The accompanying broehure is available to all visitors and gives a good diseripoion of the ship and its tondition.
C n PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian Q 16th Century 18th Century 20th Century 15th Century Q 17th Century 19th Century
SPECIFIC DATE(s) (If Applicable and Known.) .sv r> / Abor iginal Education a Political a t) rbojyg I a nn'fiijj' d Prehistoric a Engineering a Religion/Phi Oth*rrij(afiej3f/y; . ; D Historic Industry a losophy i \ !\; *.* fi m /1 "~~ Agriculture a Invention a Science v.l f Ai\ *%iU «'«?! I ; ,.! Art a Landscape Sculpture Commerce a Architecture a Social/Human Communications a Literature a itarian Conservation a Military a Theater Music a Transportation
STATEMENT OF siGNi FICANCE (Include Personages, Dates, Events, Etc.) Perhaps one of the world's best-known battleships, the USS Missouri serves now only as a tourist attraction on Bremer ton's waterfront. She fought through parts of World War II and Korea. Came to Bremerton and was "moth-balled7 Feb. 26, 1955. She is 888 feet long and was once the pride of the United States Navy. She was commissioned June 11, 1944, under the command of Capt. William M. Callaghan. Built in Brooklyn Naval Shipyard the Missouri departed New u York Nov. 11, 1944, via the Panama Canal to the Western Car olina Islands in the Pacifia. From then until the end of hostilities she operated as a unit of various task groups. During this period she participated in actions supporting the seizures of Iwo Jima and Okinawa,carrier raids on Tokyo, Okinawa, Kyushu, and the Inland Sea area as well as the_bom- bardments of Okinawa, HokJcaido, and Honshu. She was also en gaged In antiaircraft engagements of varying intensity. The Missouri is credited with shooting down 11 Japanese UJ planes and participating in nine shore bombardments. UJ On April 11, 1945,a Japanese pilot succeeded in crashing; his damaged plane into the side of the ship but failed to inflict any casualties or other than superficial damage. As the flagship of Adm. William F. Halsey, the Missouri was the scene of the signing of the formal instrument of surrender of Japan in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945. This brief but histori® ceremony is commemorated by a brass plaque set in^tne^forward starboard side of the ship,now known as the "surrender deck." About the only move she has made since coming here was to outside the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard's security area to the westernmost pier at the shipyard in Deicember 1967. That move was made to allow easier access Vb the famous ship and allow persons to take cameras aboard. During 1968 nearly 200,000 person* visited her decks, main ly to read the famous words on the "surrender deck": "Over this spot on 2 September, 1945, the instrument of for mal surrender of Japan to the Allied Powers was signed thus bringing to a alose the seeond World War."
// • Coaiiaadamt Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton Wash.
We nave a book in our County Museum, "THE MIGHTY MO", published in 1969 by Superior Publishing Co. 708 6th Nofcth Seattle, Wa.
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As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been 6=> A ^ // ) . evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended fymn u (t^MMtwu^ Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: National [XI State QJ Local Q A MAY 1 4 1971 v^jpJM, 7i tfoa&fr^/ Date ^Charles H. OdegaartK ATTEST: / Title Director, (jtiL^(**u£?^r-- Washington State Parks and Keeper of jfife National Regiper ~ Recreation Commission «* 8 WJ / Date .January ?7. 1 970 J * T ^ {*» • '•£ r \ ' :IN r Kitsap !.. I. :C >
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USGS 7 1/2" Quadrangle map Bremerton West, "Wash. (1953) 32'30" 1:24,000 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
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USS MISSOURI Kitsap County, Washington
March 22, 2000
The USS Missouri is currently located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The ship's relocation is not on a permanent basis, as of March 2000. This information was confirmed with M. Crowe of the Pacific Great Basin Regional Support Office, NPS.