On 16.2.2026 a event was held GCBHZX4 Emergency Bored Meeting to decide on names for future events. One of the ideas put forward by the geocaching community was famous WW2 warships. So all the events held in the month of June will be named after famous WW2 warships then we will move on to the next idea mentioned at that event.
USS Missouri
The USS Missouri, or Mighty Mo, is one of the most famous battleships still afloat. It is a 45,000-ton Iowa-class battleship commissioned in 1944. It was well-equipped as one of the most modern ships to serve in the conflict. At over 887 feet long and 108 feet wide, it was enormous, yet it could reach a top speed of 33 knots. Its firepower was equally impressive, with nine 16-inch guns, 20 5-inch guns, 80 40-millimeter guns, and 49 20-millimeter guns in its arsenal.
Being late to the party, the Missouri served in the Pacific theater in the assault on Iwo Jima and the Japanese islands before arriving in Tokyo Bay as the Third Fleet Flagship. This is where, on September 2nd, 1945, the ship hosted the signing of the Japanese surrender. This dignified ceremony was overseen by General Douglas Macarthur of the United States and other high-ranking officials on the deck of the USS Missouri, thus ending six long years of World War II.
The USS Missouri was the last American battleship ever built, and it went on to serve in the Korean War and Operation Desert Storm. It has since been honorably retired at Pearl Harbor, where it is a museum piece that attracts scores of visitors daily. It did, however, have one final role to play as the setting for Cher's video for the 1989 song "If I Could Turn Back Time" — a perhaps ill-advised chapter in an otherwise noble history.
25.6.2026
From 630 pm to 700 pm
Cafe De Villis, 2 -14 Manchester Street Mile End
Please note eating and drinking is optional.