He moʻolelo pōkoleʻo "Mighty Mo" a me ke alakaʻi i ka heleʻana i ka USS Missouri i kēia lā
ʻO kahi mākaʻikaʻi ma Pearl Harbor e hoʻomanaʻo nei i ka poʻe o koʻu hanauna i ka nui o mākou i lohe mua e pili ana i kēia mau mokupuni liʻiliʻi i paʻa i ka waenakonu o ka Moana Pākīpika.
I kēia manawa, kokoke i 70 mau makahiki i hala, ua hoʻomakaʻia ke Kaua Honua II noʻAmelika Huipūʻia i ka wā o kēlā kakahiaka Sābati kakahiaka nui o Dekemaba 7, 1941, ua hōʻeuʻeu ka poʻe Kepani i ka US Pacific Fleet i kahi i hoʻokūʻia ma Pearl Harbor a me nā poʻe koa'ē aʻe'ē aʻe nā mea i hanaʻia.
ʻO ko mākou mau mākua a me nā kūpuna o mākou i ke kaua, a ma nā'āina'ē paha e kū'ē ana i nā pūʻali o ka hanaʻino a ma ka hanaʻana paha i kā lākou mahele ma mua. He mau kaukani kahiko o ke Kaua Honua II i ola i kēlā me kēia makahiki. He mea pono kēia iā kākou e hoʻomanaʻo i kā lākou mau mōhai e hoʻomalu i ko kākou kūʻokoʻa.
Pehea i komo ai ka Battleship Missouri i Pearl Harbor
ʻO ka hoʻoholo e pili ana i ka USS Missouri a iʻole "Mighty Mo," e like me ka mea i kapa mauʻia aiʻo ia ma Pearl Harbor i loko o ka moku o ka USS Arizona Memorial ,ʻaʻole i kū'ē. Aia kekahi poʻe i manaʻo (ke manaʻo nei paha) ua pale ka moku kaua nui i ka hoʻomanaʻo hōʻailona i kēlā poʻe kānaka i make ma ka kakahiaka Sābati i nā makahiki i hala aku nei.
ʻAʻole i maʻalahi ka hakakāʻana e lawe mai i ka "Mana Mana" i Pearl. Ua paʻiʻia nā pāʻani ikaika e Bremerton, Wakinekona a me Kapalakiko e lanakila i ke kaua hope loa kahi e komo ai ka Missouri. No kēia kākau moʻolelo,ʻo ka kohoʻia o Pearl Harbor ka hale mau loa o ka moku,ʻo ia ka mea kūpono.
ʻO ka USS Missouri a me USS Arizona Memorial e lilo i bookends e kaha ana i ka hoʻomaka a me ka hopena o ke komoʻana o ka US ma ke Kaua Honuaʻelua.
Ma ka USS Missouri ua hōʻailonaʻia e ka poʻe o nā lāhui kōkua a me ke aupuni o Iapana ma Tokyo Bay i ka lā 2 o Kepakemapa i ka makahiki 1945 i ka "Instrument of Formal Surrender of Japan to the Allied Powers".
He Hōʻike Pelekane o ka Battleship Missouri - Kaha Loa
ʻO ka moʻolelo nui loa o ka Battleship Missouri, akā,ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o kahi wale nō kahi i kākauʻia ai kēlā palapala.
Ua kūkuluʻia ka USS Missouri ma ka mokuʻo New York Navy Yard ma Brooklyn, Niu Ioka. Ua waihoʻiaʻo Keel i ka lā 6 o Ianuali 1941. Ua bapetizoʻiaʻo ia a ua hoʻokuʻuʻia i kahi o nā makahikiʻekolu ma hope mai, i ka lā 29 Ianuali 1944 a ua kauohaʻia iā Iune 11, 1944.ʻO ia ka hope o nā moku kauaʻehā o Iowa i kauohaʻia e ka Moku Na Moku'āinaʻoʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa. ke moku kaua hope loa e pili ana i nā'auwaʻa.
Ua bapetizoʻia ka moku ma kāna weheʻana e Mary Margaret Truman, ke kaikamahine a ka Pelekikena o ka wā e hiki mai ana,ʻo Harry S. Truman,ʻo ia ke kuhina mai ka moku'āina o Missouri i kēlā manawa. E kaulana mau loaʻo iaʻo "Harry Truman moku."
Ma hope o kāna kauoha, ua hoʻouna kokeʻiaʻo ia i ka Pacific Theatre kahi i hakakā aiʻo ia ma nā hoʻoili kaua o Iwo Jima a me'Okinawa. Ma Okinawa i pepehiʻiaʻo ia e kahi pailota Kamikaze Kepani. Hōʻikeʻia nā hōʻailona o ka hopena ma konaʻaoʻao kokoke i ka papa.
Ua kaua ka Missouri ma ke Kaua Korea mai 1950 a hiki i 1953 a ua hoʻomakaʻia i ka makahiki 1955 i loko o nā'auwaʻaʻauhau Navy o ke United States ("Mothball Fleet"), akā ua hana houʻia a hoʻololiʻia i ka makahiki 1984 ma keʻano he mahele o ka hoʻonohonohoʻana i nā moku Moana 600, a kaua i ke Kaua Kūʻono o 1991.
Ua loaʻaʻo Missouri i nā hōkū heʻumikumamākahi no ka lawelawe ma ke Kaua Honua II, Korea, a me ke Gulf Persia, a ua hoʻokuʻuʻia i ka lā 31 Malaki 1992, akā ua hoʻomauʻia ma ka Naval Vessel Register a hiki i ka wā i hōʻinoʻia ai kona inoa i Ianuali 1995.
I ka makahiki 1998, hāʻawiʻiaʻo ia i ka Hui Pūmau o USS Missouri Memorial a hoʻomakaʻo ia e hele i Pearl Harbor kahi i hoʻopaʻaʻia ai iā ia i kēia lā ma Ford Island, kahi mamao loa mai ka USS Arizona Memorial.
E hele ana i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo USS Missouri
ʻO ka manawa kūpono e hiki ai i ke kakahiaka kakahiaka o Missouri - ma ka hanaʻana pēlā hiki iāʻoe ke pale i nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa.
Hoʻomakaʻia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Battleship Missouri Memorial i ka hora 8:00 pm aʻo ka Hāmama Hoʻonani Hāmamaʻo ia a hiki i ka hola 4:00 a 5:00 ma keʻano o ka manawa o ka makahiki. Hiki ke kūʻaiʻia nā kāleka ma ka puka puka pepa o ka USS Bowfin Submarine Museum a me ka Park ma kekahiʻaoʻao aʻe o kahi kaʻa kaʻa mai ka USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center.
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻonohonoho i nā tiketi pūnaewele ma mua.
ʻO ka Hoʻolālā Hoʻolālāʻaʻole ia he kumu kūʻai-ʻole-kālā,ʻaʻole i loaʻa kālā kālā. Ma muli o kona wahi e pili ana i ka USS Arizona Memorial,ʻo Mighty Moʻaʻole ia he lālā o ka US National Park, no laila, ua koiʻia kahi uku komo no ka hōʻoleʻana i ka uku hana.
He nui nā koho koho e loaʻa ana me nā pōke pūnaewele e hiki ai iāʻoe ke kipa aku i nāʻekolu o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Pearl Harbor:ʻo ka Battleship Missouri Memorial, ka USS Bowfin Submarine Museum a me ka Park a me ka Moana Pākīpika . ʻO nā meaʻekolu a pau e hele pono ana.
Nā Holokaʻi o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Battleship Missouri
Loaʻa nā mākaʻikaʻi i ka Battleship Missouri. Ua loli pinepine nā koho kipa, no laila eʻike ponoʻoe e nānā i kā lākou pūnaewele no nā kiko kiko'ī. Hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai i kahi bila e hāʻawi ai iāʻoe e hoʻokomo i nāʻekolu o nā Pae Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Pearl Harbor.
ʻO kahi holo kaʻa pōkole e pili ana i ke alahaka i Ford Island e lawe iāʻoe i ka Battleship Missouri.
Ma hope o kāu huakaʻi,ʻoluʻoluʻoe eʻimi i nā wahi o ka moku i uhiʻoleʻia ma ka huakaʻi a hiki i ka lehulehu. Hoʻomakaʻia kekahi mau māhele o ka moku i kēlā me kēia makahiki, no ka mea, e hāʻawiʻia kahi kālā e hiki ai ke hoʻopili i nā kūlana OSHA o kēia wā.
Ināʻoe e hoʻolālā e kipa aku i ka Battleship Missouri, eʻae iʻekolu aʻekolu a me ka hapalua hora, e like me ke kaʻa kaomi mai Waikiki mai. Ke hāpai nei au e hāʻawiʻoe i kahi lā a pau i ka Puʻuwai Pearl Harbor a e kipa aku i nā wahi mōʻaukalaʻo Pearl Harbor a me ka USS Arizona Memorial.
Hiki iāʻoe keʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i ka Battleship Missouri, ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Battleship Missouri a loaʻa nā mākaʻikaʻi a me nā helu kūʻai ma ko lākou pūnaewele ma www.ussmissouri.org