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Tagged: USS Missouri

Fleet Week New York Celebration | Episode 275

After a two-year hiatus, Fleet Week New York is back! So to mark the day that units arrive in New York for the celebration, we will be looking at some of the …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Flight deck of USS Bataan during Fleet Week

(Re)connecting Brooklyn’s History: Brooklyn’s Homefront during World War II with Brooklyn Public Library

The history and legacy of the Second World War can be seen all around us in Brooklyn. Once home to hundreds of factories, shipyards, and warehouses, and responsible for sending …

  • Brooklyn Army Terminal
  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Virtual Programs
  • Waterfront
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From Arizona to Missouri: Bookends of World War II | Episode 130

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, we are looking back at the remarkable careers of the ships where the war began and ended for …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Virtual Programs
  • Waterfront
  • World War II

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Voices of World War II: Brooklyn Navy Yard Oral Histories | Episode 124

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, we are listening to the voices of men and women who lived through the war in Brooklyn. We …

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  • Virtual Programs
  • Waterfront
  • World War II

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Clayton Colefield and the Building of USS Missouri

They say a Navy ship has three birthdays: its keel-laying, its launching, and its commissioning. The World War II-era battleship USS Missouri has one more, its recommission in 1986 as part …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Shipspotting
  • Waterfront
  • World War II

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Black and white photo of five naval officers standing on a large metal plate, one of them turning a long handle attached to a riveting machine.

Special Tours Mark 75 Years Since the End of World War II at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

World War II came to a close in 1945, and looking back 75 years, it is hard to believe that Americans on the cusp of war in 1940 were as …

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Visiting the Ships of the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Since we began working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard nearly ten years ago, the Yard has become a huge part of our lives and our identity, both as a company …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Shipspotting
  • World War II

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From Perry To MacArthur: Flag Links Historic US Visits to Japan, in Peace and War

September 2 marks the 70th anniversary of the official end of the Second World War, when Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945. While we are marking …

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