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Article: USN: USS Missouri arrives in Pearl Harbor

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June 26, 1998
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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 June 1998-USN: USS Missouri arrives in Pearl Harbor (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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USS Missouri (BB 63) was gently guided and delicately docked to a Pearl Harbor Pier June 21 after a 2,300-mile voyage across the Pacific from Bremerton, Wash., that began June 3.

"Welcome Battleship Missouri to your new home port -- the best home port in the Navy," RADM William Sutton, Commander Naval Base Pearl Harbor, told the crowd at the "Aloha Mighty Mo" Celebration on Ala Moana Beach Park's Magic Island.

"This is fantastic," Bob Wells, a World War II Navy veteran living in Honolulu, said. "From a historical aspect, I can't ...

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