HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A solemn anniversary and milestone will be observed this week on board the Battleship USS Missouri ... Fleet as the forces of Japan deployed kamikazes to sea when ...

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Emperor Hirohito signed Japan’s surrender on the USS Missouri.

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Carey Callaghan, grandson of the USS ... the USS Missouri and the pilot’s burial at sea. KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Japan Coast ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited ... the worst battles of World War II.” Japan launched a suicide attack campaign ...

Launched in 1944, the USS Missouri (or "Mighty Mo") is best known for hosting a meeting between Allied and Axis representatives that led to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II.