1941
January 6: Battleship keel-laying ceremony at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
1944
January 29: Battleship christened at launch by Margaret Truman
June 11: Ship commissioned as the USS Missouri.
August: Missouri underway on Shakedown cruise
November: En route to Pacific
December 24: Moored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
1945
February: USS Missouri underway with Task Group 58.2 in support of air strikes against Tokyo
February - March: Missouri provides support for the land invasion of Iwo Jima
March: Underway in Task Group 58.4 for air strikes against Kyushu
March - May: Underway in Task Group 58.4 in support of the Invasion of Okinawa
April 11: Struck by a kamikaze with minimal damage; pilot's body found among the wreckage
April 12: The Japanese pilot receives a military burial at sea
May - June: Underway with Task Group 38.4 in support of the Invasion of Okinawa
July: Underway with Task Unit 34.8.2 in bombardment of Hokkaido and Honshu
September 2: Japan formally surrenders to the Allied Powers aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II
October - November: Participates in Navy Day celebrations in New York
December: Dry-docked at Brooklyn Navy Yard
1946
March - May: Participates in Mediterranean goodwill cruise including visit to Istanbul
June - October: USS Missouri alternately moored or underway for training exercises
October 27: Moored at Pier Ninety, New York City, for Navy Day celebration
November - December: Participated in cold-weather exercises in Davis Strait, Greenland
1947
January - August: USS Missouri alternately moored or underway for training exercises in Caribbean
September: Enroute from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Norfolk Naval Shipyard with President Harry S. Truman and his family aboard
September 11: Crew members hold a “Crossing the Line” initiation for President Truman
September - December: Dry-docked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
1948
January - May: USS Missouri alternately moored or underway for training exercises
June - August: Underway for midshipman training cruise to Europe and Caribbean
August - October: Alternately moored and underway for training exercises
November: Participated in cold-weather exercises near Davis Strait, Greenland
December 4: President Truman, Missouri Governor Philip Matthew Donnelly and Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan aboard for presentation of the Missouri's silver service by the State
1949
January - March: USS Missouri alternately moored or underway for training exercises in Caribbean
April - May: Underway for Naval Reservist’s training cruise in Caribbean
May - July: Underway for midshipman training cruise to Europe and Caribbean
August – September: Underway for second midshipman training cruise in Caribbean
1950
January 17: USS Missouri runs hard aground off Virginia
February: Refloated and dry-docked for repairs following grounding
May – July: Underway for midshipman cruise
August 19: Departed Norfolk Naval Shipyard for first Korean War deployment
September – October: Provided shore bombardment support for UN Forces at Inchon
December: Provided shore bombardment support during UN evacuation at Hungnam
1951
January - March: USS Missouri underway in operating area off the coast of Korea, providing shore bombardment support for UN forces ashore
May 31 – July 27: Underway for midshipman training cruise to Europe and Caribbean
July 27 – September 3: Underway for second midshipman training cruise to Caribbean
1952
January – March: USS Missouri alternately moored or underway for training exercises
June – August: Underway for midshipman cruise to Europe and Caribbean
September 11: Underway for second Korean War deployment
October 25 – December 31: Underway along the coast of Korea, conducting shore bombardment operations in support of UN forces ashore
1953
January 1 – March 25: Underway along the coast of Korea, conducting shore bombardment operations in support of UN forces ashore
March 26: After completing his final mission, Captain Edsall dies of a heart attack while entering port at Sasebo, Japan
June - August: Underway for midshipman cruise, visiting Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Colon, Panama; and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
1954
June-August: Underway for midshipman cruise with visits to Lisbon, Portugal; Cherbourg, France; and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
1955
February 26: Decommissioned and placed in mothballs at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington
1971
USS Missouri named to the National Register of Historic Places in the State of Washington
1984-86
Ship modernized and re-activated
1986
May 10: USS Missouri re-commissioned
September - December: Underway for historic around the world cruise
1987
September-November: Underway in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Earnest Will
1991
January: Underway in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield
January 17: First battleship to fire Tomahawk missiles as Operation Desert Storm begins
December 7, 1991: Participates in Operation Remembrance in Hawaii, the 50th Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack
1992
March 31: Decommissioned for the second and final time.
1995
USS Missouri removed from the Navy's ship registry
1996
USS Missouri Memorial Association, Inc. is selected for donation of the decommissioned battleship
1998
June 21: Missouri arrives off Waikiki
1999
January 29: The Battleship Missouri Memorial opens to the public on Battleship Row, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor
