From the December 6, 2009, Kansas City Star.
The newest in a line of US Navy ships named after the state of Missouri is the $2 billion nuclear attack submarine christened in Groton, Ct. on Saturday.
The previous USS Missouri was a battleship that was not at Pearl Harbor that day, but was under construction back in the U.S. at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It was christened by Margaret Truman, daughter of then-Senator Harry Truman, entering service in 1944, serving for five decades and three wars (World War II, Korea and the Persian Gulf).
Back in 2009, it was in dry dock in Hawaii before returning to duty as a museum ship in Pearl Harbor.
The USS Missouri is a member of the Virginia-class of submarines which is replacing the Los Angeles-class. Although these submarines are not as big as the battleships, they pack more wallop.
The battleships had 16-inch guns capable of firing 30 miles. The subs have Tomahawk missiles which can pin-point a target hundreds of miles away.
Carrying On a Proud Tradition. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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