Historical landmark
USS Missouri (BB-63) - Battleship Museum
63 Cowpens St, Honolulu, HI 96818, USA
Preserved World War Two battleship where Japan's formal surrender was signed in Tokyo Bay.
This guide to the USS Missouri Battleship Museum in Honolulu reconstructs the morning of September 2, 1945, when Japanese and Allied officials gathered on this deck in Tokyo Bay to sign the surrender ending World War Two. It follows the smuggled flag once flown by Commodore Matthew Perry a century earlier and the tears of the Japanese delegation as they signed. Picture the crowd of admirals, cameras and Allied ships anchored around this single battleship.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.