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Playstyle

Overview

Missouri is the Tier VII American AA-specialist battleship with 752 AA DPS at 5 km. Match value is air denial as much as direct damage; she anchors the team's AA umbrella so peer ships rotate into the air-defended cell rather than away from it. Standout traits: best turret traverse rate in T7 BBs (12).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat. Rotate one or two map cells with the team rather than holding solo; a battleship alone on a flank is a free focus target for the enemy.

Potato Avoidance

Leading the push alone

A battleship caught broadside by two same-tier guns at mid range loses more HP than any single salvo trades back, so rotate with the team or hold your angle instead of charging in first.

Signature Traits

Surveillance Radar

10.56 km range, 35 s duration. Detects all enemy ships within a fixed radius regardless of line-of-sight. Controls caps and punishes smoke-firing DDs.

Top-tier AA

752.0 AA DPS, best of T7 BBs (median 518.0).

Long DCP window

20.0 s Damage Control duration, best of T7 BBs. Stays fire / flood immune longer per activation.

Long-duration radar

35.0 s Surveillance Radar duration, best of T7 BBs. Keeps caps lit longer.

Hardened superstructure

439.0 mm superstructure, best of T7 BBs. HE farms less.

Sluggish rudder

25.3 s rudder shift, bottom decile of T7 BBs. Hard to dodge incoming AP; lean on island cover.

Acquisition

How to get Missouri

Missouri is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Doubloons.

Doubloons12,500 Doubloons in the Legends Store (Jun 2023).

Official WG availability sources

Steel Badges and You! Official availability note Start: 2021-02-22 · End: open/unknown end Official WG source mentions this ship in an acquisition or ship-release context.
Summer Update: Always Courageous 12,500 Doubloons 2023-06-15 Tier VII default; exact price not in source

Builds Beta

AL Colorado, AL New Jersey, and Al Massachusetts are useful American battleship commander directions. Inspirations usually favor accuracy, reload, AP performance, HP, survivability, or secondary/brawling bonuses depending on how aggressively you want to play.

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Cohort position

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Where Missouri sits among Tier VII BBs (39 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

BestAA DPS752 (1/39) Top 10%Engine power212,000 hp (3/39) Top 10%AA threat2,465 (3/39) Top 10%Max armor439 mm (4/39) Top 25%AP DPM270,000 (10/39) Top 25%Turn-speed retention230.4 hp/m (5/39) Top 25%Power-to-weight4.24 hp/t (7/39) Bottom 25%Main dispersion233.8 m (33/39) Bottom 25%AP velocity762 m/s (31/39) Bottom 25%Acceleration10 s (32/39) Bottom 25%Displacement50,000 t (31/39) Bottom 10%Rudder shift25.3 s (37/39) WorstSecondary fire chance5% (1 of 8 tied) WorstSecondary HE pen21 mm (1 of 8 tied) WorstNo torpedoes (27 of 39 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Missouri -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.

Hit points65,000 HP(21/39) Max speed30 kt(20/39) Concealment15.41 km(26/39) Air detection12.33 km(26/39) Traverse-to-turn ratio4.16 ×(27/39) Main battery caliber406 mm(15/39) Main battery range17.38 km(11/39) Main battery reload27 s(25/39) Sigma1.8(23/39) HE shell damage5,700(20/38) HE fire chance36%(17/38) Fires per minute7.2(19/38) HE DPM114,000(15/38) Secondary DPM (per side)180,000(27/39) HE alpha1,800(27/37) HE velocity820 m/s(20/38) AP arming threshold68 mm(27/39) Secondary range5 km(27/39) AA range5 km(15/39) Repair charges3(19/39) Citadel belt297 mm(23/37) Stern armor32 mm(15/37) Deck armor127 mm(14/36) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(28 of 39 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(31 of 39 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(38 of 39 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(37 of 39 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(27 of 39 tied at this value) NormBow armor32 mm(29 of 37 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.

Radar 10.56 kmRepair 3

Survivability

Hit Points65,000

Displacement50,000 t

Armor range6–439 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 16, 19, 25, 32, 38, 50, 51, 76, 127, 142, 152, 157, 163, 181, 184, 287, 297, 307, 343, 368, 439 mm

Armor material/layer entries61

Fire resistance36.6%

Fire duration60 s

Torp Reduction25%

Magazine HP

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The magazine is the module a detonation comes from. Penetrating hits to it raise the detonation chance from 1% toward 30% as its HP is worn down, so a larger magazine pool rides out citadel hits longer before a detonation becomes likely.

35,000

Steering gear HP

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Durability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.

20,500

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 406 mm Mk7

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 9 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range17.4 km

Turret traverse4 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

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Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.

1.8

Max Horiz Disp

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Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (17378/30·(12−2)/1000 + 2)·30 = 233.8 m

233.8 m

Max Vert Disp

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Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 233.8 × 0.6 = 140.3 m

140.3 m

Med Horiz Disp

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50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 233.8 × 0.344 (σ=1.8) = 80.4 m

80.4 m

Med Vert Disp

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50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 140.3 × 0.344 (σ=1.8) = 48.2 m

48.2 m

Turret turn time

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180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

45 s

Base shells/min

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9 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 18.

18

HE shells

HE Damage5,700

HE Velocity820 m/s

Fire Chance36%

HE penetration

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68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

68 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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5,700 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 51,300.

51,300

Base HE DPM

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51,300 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 102,600.

102,600

Installed HE DPM

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51,300 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 114,000.

114,000

Base fires/min

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9 HE shells x 60 / 30 s reload x 36% fire chance = 6.48.

6.48

AP shells

AP Damage13,500

AP Velocity762 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold68 mm

AP overmatch

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floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

28 mm

AP Pen Close

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Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2520 × 1225^0.69 × 0.406^-1.07 × 762^1.38 = 847.6 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

847.6 mm

AP Pen Far

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Same formula at the ship's max firing range (21.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 498.4 m/s: 1e-7 × 2520 × 1225^0.69 × 0.406^-1.07 × 498.4^1.38 = 471.8 mm.

471.8 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

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13,500 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 121,500.

121,500

Base AP DPM

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121,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 243,000.

243,000

Installed AP DPM

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121,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 270,000.

270,000

AP AOE Radius

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AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

250

AA Defense

AA mount points49

Close-range AA DPS

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Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (146×3.5×0.75) + (98×3.5×0.7) + (49×3.5×0.75) = 752. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.

752

Maximum AA range

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Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.

5 km

40 mm Bofors Mk22×4 40mm

40 mm Bofors Mk218×4 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk2029×2 20mm

127 mm Mk32 (DP)10×2 127mm

DPS

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Includes 49 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

49

Range5 km

DPS146

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 49 + Medium 146 = 195

195

DPS98

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 49 + Medium 146 + Near 98 = 293

293

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Secondary Battery

Mounts10

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Caliber127 mm

Reload time6 s

HE Damage1,800

Muzzle Velocity792 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Armor Pen21 mm

Min Ricochet91°

Max Ricochet60°

Secondary dispersion type

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Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km

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5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 212,000 hp

Engine power212,000 hp

Maximum speed30 kt

Turning circle radius920 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio4.2× drags

Concealment

Detectability by sea15.41 km

Detectability by air12.33 km

Smoke firing penalty14.86 km

Detect after firing main guns15.41 km

Detect Fire Sea17.41 km

Detect Fire Air15.33 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 20 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 0.5% heal per second · 14% of max HP total heal

Choose one

Surveillance Radar2 charges · 180 s reload · 35 s active · 10.56 km radar range

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% damage boost · +50% reload boost

Module options (1)

Stats above use the fully-upgraded modules. These are the research-tree alternatives; trade-offs are flagged.

HullUpgrade

Turret traverse4 → 12 °/s

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Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.

Max Horiz Disp233.8 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (17378/30·(12−2)/1000 + 2)·30 = 233.8 m

Max Vert Disp140.3 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 233.8 × 0.6 = 140.3 m

Med Horiz Disp80.4 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 233.8 × 0.344 (σ=1.8) = 80.4 m

Med Vert Disp48.2 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 140.3 × 0.344 (σ=1.8) = 48.2 m

AP Pen Close847.6 mm

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2520 × 1225^0.69 × 0.406^-1.07 × 762^1.38 = 847.6 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far471.8 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (21.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 498.4 m/s: 1e-7 × 2520 × 1225^0.69 × 0.406^-1.07 × 498.4^1.38 = 471.8 mm.

HE penetration68 mm

68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch28 mm

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius250

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

Broadside guns used for alpha9

All 9 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time45 s

180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

HE full-salvo alpha51,300

5,700 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 51,300.

AP full-salvo alpha121,500

13,500 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 121,500.

Base HE DPM102,600

51,300 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 102,600.

Base AP DPM243,000

121,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 243,000.

Installed HE DPM114,000

51,300 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 114,000.

Installed AP DPM270,000

121,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 270,000.

Base shells/min18

9 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 18.

Installed shells/min20

9 broadside guns x 60 / 27 s installed Artillery reload = 20.

Base fires/min6.48

9 HE shells x 60 / 30 s reload x 36% fire chance = 6.48.

Installed fires/min7.2

9 HE shells x 60 / 27 s installed reload x 36% fire chance = 7.2.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS752

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (146×3.5×0.75) + (98×3.5×0.7) + (49×3.5×0.75) = 752. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.

Maximum AA range5 km

Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.

AA threat index2465

SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Near aura range2 km

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeStandard

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km315 m

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)180,000

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 10×2 127 mm (10/side) × 60/6 × 1800 = 180,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1800

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1800 from the 127 mm family.

Max HE fire chance5%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 5% from the 127 mm family.

Max HE pen21 mm

Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 21 mm from the 127 mm family.

Armor

Hull HP 65,000, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	32 mm primary (range 32–50 mm)	3,300 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 460mm+ (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm32 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	19 mm primary (range 16–439 mm)	52,000 (80% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	32 mm primary (range 6–343 mm)	4,000 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 460mm+ (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm32 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	297 mm primary (range 25–297 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.10 damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. Damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead (×0.10 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure	439 mm	4,400 (7% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	35,000 magazine HP	Magazine detonation1–30% chance · below ~75% HP	Per-turret powder-magazine HP. Detonation chance scales from 1% (no mag damage) to 30% (full mag damage); this range is the in-game value. Detonation can't roll while the ship is above ~75% HP (the standard detonation-protection threshold, not a per-ship stat). Smaller magazines saturate to the 30% ceiling faster.
Secondary mount (127 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (40 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	20,500 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

Saturation cap = HP a section can absorb before further damage to it is reduced (the "bow-tank" effect). Citadel pool is ~165k on every ship (effectively no cap); damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead. Superstructure saturates fast but HE always pens regardless of the plate thickness. Rudder (and other module HPs) are a separate pool from ship HP: damaging a module doesn't drain ship HP. Incapacitated modules like the rudder and engine are restored by DCP, but secondary and AA mounts destroyed at 0 HP stay out for the rest of the battle.

Shell ballistics chart

AP penetration, impact velocity, flight time and impact angle vs range. Click to load the interactive chart.

Historical context

The real USS Missouri (BB-63) that gave this ship her name. Facts cross-checked against the linked Wikipedia article.

ClassIowa-class battleship

OperatorUnited States Navy

Era1944–1992

WarsWorld War II, Korean War, Gulf War

BuilderNew York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn

Launched29 January 1944

Commissioned11 June 1944

DeploymentsActive through three wars across nearly five decades; reactivated 1986 in the Reagan-era buildup.

Notable engagements

Iwo Jima and Okinawa support (February–June 1945) — Carrier escort and shore bombardment in the final Pacific campaigns.
Japanese surrender ceremony (2 September 1945) — Hosted the formal surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II.
Korean War shore bombardment (1950–1953) — Two deployments providing naval gunfire support.
Operation Desert Storm (1991) — Fired Tomahawk cruise missiles and 16-inch shells in the Gulf War.

Fate

Decommissioned 1992. Now a museum ship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, moored near the USS Arizona Memorial — the start and end points of America's Pacific War.

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Missouri can equip, from in-game data.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

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