The USS Missouri was an Iowa class battleship, comissioned in 1943 and saw action in World War II. It was decomissioned and is being made into a memorial at Pearl Harbor.

The Missouri's main gun battery has 9 - 16"/50 caliber guns in three gun turrets. The range of the guns is 23 miles. The guns can shoot two rounds per minute per gun.

The secondary gun battery consists of 12 - 5"/38 caliber guns in 6 twin mounts. Range of these is 9 miles. These guns can shoot 15 rounds per minute per gun.

It also has Four Phalanx Close-In-Weapons Systems for Air Defense. These weapons are capable of firing 20mm ammunition at a rate of 50 rounds per second.

The Missouri was also capable of carrying Tomahawk and Harpoon missle batterys.

A salvo from the main gun batteries.

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