68 years ago today, on August 15th, 1945, the Empire of Japan offered unconditional surrender to the Allied powers. This marked the end of WWII. Days later, a treaty of surrender was signed in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri, America’s biggest and baddest battleship.
The “Big Mo” as she is referred to is pictured below, at her home port in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, next to the USS Arizona monument.
Here is a post about some more battleships, cruisers and destroyers.
