USS MISSOURI was the third ship in the IOWA class and the last battleship commissioned by the United States Navy. MISSOURI was last homeported in Long Beach, Calif.   (http://navysite.de/bb/bb63.htm) General Characteristics: Keel laid: January 6, 1941 Launched: January 29, 1944 Commissioned: June 11, 1944 Decommissioned: February 26, 1955 Second commissioning: May 10, 1986 Second decommissioning: March 31, 1992 Builder: New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York Propulsion system: eight boilers, four geared turbines Propellers: four Length: 889 feet (271 meters) Beam: 108 feet (32.9 meters) Draft: 35,7 feet (10.9 meters) Displacement: Light: approx. 46,000 tons Displacement: Full: approx. 57,000 tons Speed: 35 knots Aircraft: no hangar, but parking area for four SH-3 or four SH-60 Last Crew (March 31, 1992): 59 officers and 1,201 enlisted Crew 1986 - 1991: 65 officers and 1,501 enlisted WWII Crew: 134 officers and 2,400 enlisted Last armament: eight armored box launchers for Tomahawk, four Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers, nine 16-inch / 50 caliber guns, twelve 5-inch / 38 caliber guns, four 20mm Phalanx CIWS