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I place the battleship USS Missouri into Commission! Captain A. L. Kaiss salutes the order from Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger USS Missouri was a ' ship of peace ' following the surrender . . . USS Missouri will sail forth as a true example of: ' Strength for Freedom ' . Captain A. L. Kaiss, Commanding Officer It is, as of today, the newest ship in the Navy. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense rejoice to see USS Missouri reactivated today. Mrs. Margaret Truman Daniel, Ship ' s Sponsor
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77ie battleship was brilliant in colorful bunting, as the invited audience and battleship sailors positioned themselves for the Commissioning on the wharf. Below, former Missouri sailors renewed their pride in public. San Francisco, May 10, 1986 A Sunny, Second Commissioning
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As the last of the speeches were at an end, the order to man the ship was given. The crowd stood and watched as some 1,000 battleship sailors ran up the ship ' s brows. iimmm mlE,msv With sailors at the rail. Father Thomas Dansak, LCDR(CHC). offers the benediction. Standing from left, CAPT A.L. Kaiss; CDR Victor Smith(CHC); Mrs. Margaret Truman Daniel; Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton; Navy Secre- tary John Lehman; San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein; VADM W.H. Rowden. Naval Sea Sys- tems Command; VADM G.W. Davis Jr.. Naval Surface Forces Pacific; Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger; California Senator Pete Wilson; Mis- souri Governor John Ashcroft; CAPT G.E. Fink. Shipyard Commander.
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