A gift for the new Missouri (AUDIO)

Some veterans of the Battleship Missouri are planning a unique gift for the new USS Missouri when it is commissioned Saturday. The United States Navy accepts its newest Virginia-class submarine Saturday, Some of those attending will be men who served on the Battleship...

Commissioning coming for USS Missouri (AUDIO)

The next USS Missouri will not be a ship. It will be a boat. That’s what they call a submarine like the new USS Missouri. It will be commissioned in Groton, Connecticut on the 31st. If the new USS Missouri could be dropped into the University of Missouri Tiger...

Next USS Missouri about ready (AUDIO)

The next USS Missouri is only weeks away from heading to open water and getting under it. The SSN780, a Virgiinia-class submarine, will be the first Navy ship to carry our state’s names since the fabled BB-63, the World War II-built battleship that was in...

New USS Missouri christened

On a chilly and rainy New England December day, the Navy’s newest and most technologically-sophisticed boat has gained a historic name.The 137 members of the crew stood in the open and in the rain on the aft deck of the sub for more than an hour as speaker after...

Christening of new USS Missouri today

The Navy christens the latest USS Missouri this morning, the fourth or fifth navy ship to carry the name of our state (the number depends whether you want to consider a leaky Confederate ironclad named for our state as a U.S Navy ship. The Navy did have it briefly...
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