Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Missouri in honor of the state or river of Missouri: , a sidewheel frigate launched in 1841 and destroyed by fire in August 1843 , a Maine-class battleship in service from 1900 to 1922. , an Iowa-class battleship in service (variably) from 1944 to 1992; site of the official Japanese surrender of World War II; now a floating war memorial at Naval Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii , a Virginia-class submarine commissioned in 2010
See also , a Confederate States Navy river gunboat based primarily on the Red River during the American Civil War. , several merchant ships with this name