COURTESY BATTLESHIP MISSOURI MEMORIAL
The Battleship Missouri's Turret No. 1 will be open for a preview tour Jan. 28.
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See the Mighty Mo's mighty guns, up close
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The Battleship Missouri Memorial is rewarding its dedicated supporters with a preview tour of the 16-inch gun turret -- Turret No. 1 -- on Jan. 28.
The tour is open only to members of the "Heroes of the Mighty Mo" membership program.
No. 1 is one of a trio of gun turrets, each with three 65-foot guns. The guns can fire a 2,700-pound shell 23 miles in 90 seconds (a shell weighing about as much as a Volkswagen Bug).
The tour is part of Crew Members' Day, when areas of the ship that will be opened over the next few months may be toured in advance. Some of these areas have never been visited by civilians.
The tour is held annually around Jan. 29, the anniversary of the day the Missouri was launched from the New York Naval Shipyard in 1944.
Join by Jan. 26 to sign up as a hero and qualify for the special tour. Membership fee is $40; $75 for families. Premium memberships are also available.
Call 423-1260 or enroll online at www.ussmissouri.org/FoMMHome.aspx.
Benefits include free admission to the memorial, merchandise discounts and special events.