Vintage USS Missouri (Mighty Mo) Battleship 1:500 from Danbury Mint (lucite case damaged)

Vintage USS Missouri (Mighty Mo) Battleship 1:500 from Danbury Mint (lucite case damaged)


Ship in excellent condition


This Model Ship is being sold as is


Danbury Mint 1/500 scale Model of the USS MISSOURI BB-63 (as it appeared on September 2, MBI 2002)A museum quality model The base measures approx 24” long.This is a highly detailed model of the USS Missouri compared with other version of the BB-63. Contains an optional Lucite clear plastic display cover.

History: On the deck of the USS MissouriThe Return of “Mighty Mo” The Iowa class battleships were the largest and final great battleships of the US Navy. Of the 4 completed, the BB-63 Missouri remains today the most historically significant. Commissioned in 1944, the USS Missouri, or “Mighty Mo”, boasted an amazing output of 212,000hp. For her main armament, she had three turrets of 50 caliber 40.6cm Mk7 triple guns, ten turrets of 38 caliber 12.7cm Mk28 double guns, twenty turrets of 40mm quadruple guns and forty-nine 20mm machine guns. After taking part in many significant battles, including the Iwo Jima landings, she bombarded the Japanese mainland and capital before entering Tokyo Bay on August 29, 1945.

On September 2, on 01 deck, the Japanese signed their unconditional surrender bringing an official close to WWII and ensuring the Missouri her place in history. The Missouri also participated in the Korean and Gulf War.On the deck of the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan’s surrender, thereby ending World War II. And after World War II, the USS Missouri fought again in Korea and in Operation Desert Storm. The USS Missouri was launched on January 29, 1944, commissioned on June 11 of the same year, and reported for duty to the Third Fleet in Pearl Harbor on Christmas Eve 1944. She became the flagship for Admiral William “Bull” Halsey and was an important part of the war in the Pacific, assisting in the bombing raids over Tokyo and providing firepower in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. She was first decommissioned in 1955 after action in Korea.

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