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The massive guns on board the U. Missouri are a sight-to-see, but it wasn't the ship's weaponry garnering all the attention on a late summer night in The U. Missouri Memorial Association is preparing to commemorate 75 years since the end of World War II, which is a good time remember the battleship is famous for more than just its massive, 16" guns and its role in the war. A concert on the ship created its own shock and awe. Crowded about the deck of the battleship, U. Navy sailors donned their dress white uniform, cheering, as Cher stepped through the crowd wearing little more than a leather jacket, fishnet bodysuit and strategically placed strips of black cloth.

Missouri Memorial Association said. A recruitment opportunity for the Navy, the chief of naval operations approved the use of the ship and its crew for the recording of Cher's hit song "If I Could Turn Back Time. The live performance featured Cher dancing along side the crew with her near-bare bottom exposed. At one point, she's seen belting out the chorus perched high above the deck, straddling the barrel of one of the ship's enormous guns.

The excited sailors eagerly shook their uniform caps at the singer who would occassionally place one on her head while strutting across the deck of the "Mighty Mo. The racy music video created a sea of controversy , and forced the Navy to ban any future music videos from being filmed on board active ships.

The provocative video was filmed on the same battleship that delegates from Japan's Empire boarded to surrender, marking the formal end to World War II. Most famously, the battleship hosted the surrender ceremony of Japan on 2 September Deployed from September to March and again from September to March , the battleship supported the final days of the Battle of Inchon by providing shore bombardment and was present for the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, providing fire cover for the Marines.

Decommissioned in , the battleship found new life in In , the battleship was decommissioned for a final time. In , she circumnavigated the globe as part of the Great White Fleet, a 46, mile voyage of 16 US Atlantic Fleet battleships painted a peacetime white. She was decommissioned in and sold for scrap.

Located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Effective September 13, all employees and visitors to the Battleship Missouri Memorial, Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum and Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum must show proof of full vaccination or a lab generated negative COVID test result taken within the previous 48 hours, as well as valid id to enter.

Children under 12 years old are exempt.