BATTLE WAGED FOR USS MISSOURI.(News) From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: July 5, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Associated Press

Two California cities - Long Beach and San Francisco - are among the U.S. cities vying to become the home port for the World War II battleship USS Missouri.

But business leaders and former military officials in Honolulu are pressuring the Navy to send the ship - the site where the Japanese formally surrendered - back to the Hawaiian islands.

``Hawaii is the ideal location for this majestic ship,'' U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye said in a written statement. ``It is only fitting that the USS Missouri be permanently moored within sight of the sunken USS ...

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