BB-63 USS Missouri — Iowa-Class Battleship, The Mighty Mo'

Where the war started. Where the war ended. The same harbor.

December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor. The attack that dragged America into the fight.

September 2, 1945. Tokyo Bay. The Japanese delegation climbs aboard the deck of BB-63, USS Missouri, and signs the instrument of surrender. The most devastating war in human history ends with a pen stroke on the Mighty Mo's teak deck.

But between those two dates, the Missouri earned that moment.

Commissioned in June 1944, the Missouri was the last battleship the United States ever built. Iowa-class — 887 feet long, nine 16-inch guns in three triple turrets, each shell weighing as much as a Volkswagen Beetle. She bombarded Iwo Jima. She bombarded Okinawa. She took a kamikaze hit that killed nobody and left a dent that crew members could point to for the rest of the war as proof that the Mighty Mo was too tough to hurt.

And when it was time to end it, they chose her deck.

Today, the Missouri is moored at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu — in the same waters where the war began — as a museum ship. Bow pointed toward the USS Arizona Memorial. The bookend. The beginning and the end, within sight of each other.

Now you can build her.

What you're building:

• 2,568 pieces in 1:300 scale
• 36 inches long. 11.5 inches tall. 4 inches wide. Three feet of American battleship on your desk.
• The full Iowa-class silhouette — three triple 16-inch gun turrets, secondary battery, the superstructure that made the Iowa class the most recognizable battleship profile of the 20th century
• Specially molded pieces throughout
• Display stand included
• No crew figures included

⚠️ HEADS UP — STICKER APPLICATION: This kit uses stickers for the bow and stern deck insignia rather than pad-printing. We want you to know up front before you order. No surprises when the box arrives.