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 The USS
Missouri
was the last U.S. battleship to be
launched, and the last to be
decommissioned. She was an integral part
of the naval force during the battles of
Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and was the site of
Japan's surrender to the Allies. She also
saw service during the Korean War, and in
the Persian Gulf conflicts of 1987 and
1991. |
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 John
Philip Holland launched his
first successful submarine in 1881. The
company he founded ultimately became the
Electric Boat Company, which has
subsequently built the vast majority of
the U.S. Navy's submarines, as well as
submarines for many other nations. |
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