31 Mar 1992
  • USS Missouri was decommissioned at Long Beach, California, United States. ww2dbase [Missouri | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 31 Mar 1992
Brass marker affixed to the Verandah Deck of the USS Missouri on the spot where the Japanese surrender was signed 2 Sept 1945. This is at least the third marker used and is now on the Missouri museum ship in Pearl Harbor

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