Tamiya 1/350 U.S. Battleship BB-63 Missouri (Circa 1991) 78029An Intimidating Presence The Iowa class was the final, and largest of four U. S. battleship classes that were commissioned during WWII. The third of them was the USS Missouri, in June 1944. It was assigned to the Pacific Theater and participated in action around Okinawa, Iwo Jima and the main Japanese islands. In fact the signing ceremony of Japan's surrender documents took place on the Missouri's decks on September 3, 1945. Following the end of the