Roger Kubischta, the company’s president and general manager, said there’s a tremendous amount of marine growth stuck to the hull that will need to be removed before it can be sandblasted and painted. 7.īAE Systems Ship Repair has been contracted for the work. The ship is scheduled to return to Battleship Row on Jan. The hull will be sandblasted and painted, besides preservation work on top. The 54,889-ton vessel now sits on 310 wooden blocks. 7, 1941, plunged the United States into World War II. It has been moored for the past 11 years in Pearl Harbor, where a Japanese attack on Dec. The 65-year-old warship, now called the Battleship Missouri Memorial, is best known for hosting the formal surrender of Japan in 1945.įour tugboats guided the Missouri two miles from its historic spot on Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor to dry dock on Wednesday. I’ve seen it above the waterline for 10 years, and I knew it was massive.
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